Stones Unlocked: The Urologist’s Guide to Kidney Stones and Stone-Free Living - Couverture souple

Shusterman MD, David

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ISBN 13 : 9798906490100

Editeur : UroLongevity Press, 2026

Synopsis

Kidney stones can interrupt your life with pain, confusing test results, and difficult decisions. Stones Unlocked helps you understand what is happening, ask better questions, and work with your clinician on treatment and prevention.

Written by New York urologist David Shusterman, MD, this guide explains the science of kidney stones in plain language. Learn how stones form, why their composition matters, what imaging can show, and how blood tests and a urine collection help uncover patterns behind recurring stones.

Explore hydration, food choices, sodium, calcium, oxalate, exercise, and preventive medicines without relying on a single diet or a universal treatment plan. Understand how observation, shock wave lithotripsy, ureteroscopy, and percutaneous procedures fit into care, and which questions can help you compare their benefits, limitations, and recovery demands.

The book also addresses ureteral stents, infection stones, inherited conditions, children, pregnancy, kidney function, recurrent symptoms, and the practical costs of care. Clear explanations of urgent warning signs help readers recognize situations that call for prompt medical attention.

Composite patient stories, conversations with the surgeon, educational illustrations, and practical worksheets connect medical concepts with everyday concerns. Whether you are facing your first stone, recovering from a procedure, or trying to understand repeated episodes, you will find a structured way to prepare for appointments, follow your care plan, and track the information that matters.

Stones Unlocked encourages informed participation in care while respecting the differences between patients. Recommendations depend on stone composition, symptoms, infection status, kidney function, anatomy, medicines, and personal preferences. Prevention can reduce risk, but it cannot guarantee a future without stones.

Move from uncertainty toward understanding, with a guide designed to make discussions with your clinician clearer and your next steps more purposeful. Bring your questions, test results, and goals into the conversation, and build a plan that fits your circumstances.

About the Author

David Shusterman, MD, is a New York City physician, author, publisher, and practice founder whose work connects clinical care with patient education and the pursuit of a longer, healthier life. A board-certified urologist, he founded UroLongevity and UroLongevity Press to bring specialist knowledge into a form that patients can understand and use.

His clinical practice focuses on minimally invasive urology and longevity medicine. He sees patients in Midtown Manhattan and Forest Hills, Queens, and his practice has grown into a multispecialty group. His approach emphasizes careful diagnosis, individual circumstances, and choosing an effective treatment with attention to its burden on the patient.

Dr. Shusterman's interests extend beyond a single procedure or condition. He considers how urinary symptoms, kidney stones, prostate health, sexual health, hormonal concerns, and broader questions about aging affect daily life. He is interested in when intervention can help, which problems deserve closer investigation, and when observation may serve a patient better.

As an author and publisher, he works to close the gap between what an experienced clinician knows and what patients can find explained clearly. The Unlocked series examines individual problems in depth, translating mechanisms, tests, treatment choices, and prevention into accessible language. His books invite readers to arrive at appointments prepared to discuss their symptoms, understand their results, and weigh the questions that matter to them.

Stones Unlocked reflects a deep commitment to practical education, bringing medical concepts, patient stories, illustrations and follow-up tools into conversations about care.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: UroLongevity Press
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798906490100
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 220
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Printed by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg