Nephrolithiasis during Pregnancy

Abstract

WOMEN who form renal stones may be concerned about the possible prejudicial effect of their disease upon pregnancy. Unfortunately, reports concerning renal stones in pregnancy are few in number.^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10} Many present a guarded prognosis, and a recent review¹¹ alludes to the potential hazards of stone passage, infection, radiography and urologic instrumentation or surgical procedures during pregnancy. All reports emphasize the problems of surgical and obstetric management. One author² stated that renal calculi are the most common cause of nonobstetric abdominal pain severe enough to hospitalize a pregnant woman. He also found that 86 of 352 women hospitalized for urolithiasis during . . .