Editorial comment

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Undoubtedly, the recurrent nature of kidney stone disease is an important clinical and health economic problem. Despite the remarkable improvements in stone-removing technology in recent years, however, the risk of recurrence remains unchanged or even increased as a consequence of the residual fragments frequently encountered after all forms of low invasive treatment. Although patients with kidney stones need some form of standardized or individual metabolic and medical care to reduce their risk of forming further stones, insufficient attention is currently being paid to this aspect of patient management. …