Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.
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Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: Pediatric nephrolithiasis" and "Society guideline links: Gout and other crystal disorders".)
International
Canada
United States
●American College of Radiology (ACR): ACR Appropriateness Criteria radiologic management of urinary tract obstruction (revised 2019)
●American Urological Association (AUA): Guideline for the medical management of kidney stones (2014, reviewed 2019)
●AUA and Endourological Society: Guideline for the surgical management of stones (2016)
●ACR: ACR Appropriateness Criteria acute onset flank pain – Suspicion of stone disease (urolithiasis) (2015)
Europe
●European Association of Urology (EAU): Guidelines on urolithiasis (updated 2022)
United Kingdom
●NICE: Guideline on renal and ureteric stones – Assessment and management (2019)
●NICE: Interventional procedures guidance on laparoscopic nephrolithotomy and pyelolithotomy (2007)
Australia–New Zealand
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