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What is your approach to managing patients with recurrent nephrolithiasis who have 24 hour urine chemistry results that demonstrate low risk for stone formation but continue to experience stone events?

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Nephrology · Mayo Clinic

My first question is what constitutes a "kidney stone event"? If it is a stone passage, l know of no treatment that will "glue" pre-existing stones in place. Uric acid and cystine stones can be dissolved, however.

If the event is the formation of new stones or the growth of preexisting stones with n...

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