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This study consists of having subjects, those with calcium oxalate kidney stones as well as healthy controls, consume low and oxalate enriched diets to investigate the role of oxalate on crystalluria (the presence of crystals in urine), immunity and infection.
This study seeks to examine the effects of a heterozygous mutation of the AGXT gene in a stone forming population on endogenous oxalate production. Participants will consume a controlled low-oxalate diet and provide blood and urine samples to measure the amount of oxalate in their bodies. Subjects will then be administered an intravenous (IV) load of glycolate, providing additional blood and urine samples afterwards to measure any increase in oxalate levels.
ESWL and PNL are the two treatment modalities for kidney stones greater than 20 mm in the pediatric population. ESWL is non-invasive, does not require anesthesia and inexpensive, but its success rate may be lower, and require multiple treatment sessions. On the contrary, PNL has a higher success rate, does not require multiple sessions but is an invasive method. Compared to standard PNL, miniaturized PNL systems have been shown to decrease complications with comparable success rates. SMP is a unique miniaturized PNL system with integrated active irrigation and suction systems. The current literature lacks studies comparing SMP and ESWL prospectively in the pediatric population. In this study, the effectiveness, reliability, and reusability of ESWL and SMP will be compared.