{"id":32728,"date":"2026-09-14T18:42:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T22:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rigicon.com\/?post_type=glossary-term&p=32728"},"modified":"2026-10-07T01:11:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T05:11:19","slug":"calculos-del-tracto-urinario","status":"publish","type":"glossary-term","link":"https:\/\/www.rigicon.com\/es\/glossary-term\/calculos-del-tracto-urinario\/","title":{"rendered":"C\u00e1lculos del tracto urinario"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","glossary-category":[111],"glossary-product":[],"class_list":["post-32728","glossary-term","type-glossary-term","status-publish","hentry","glossary-category-urological-disorders"],"acf":{"gt-definition":"<p>\n        Los c\u00e1lculos del tracto urinario, tambi\u00e9n conocidos como urolitiasis, son dep\u00f3sitos duros que se forman en el aparato urinario (ri\u00f1ones, ur\u00e9teres, vejiga) a partir de minerales y sales de la orina.<span class=\"citation\">\u00b9<\/span> Estos c\u00e1lculos se desarrollan cuando determinadas sustancias de la orina alcanzan una concentraci\u00f3n elevada y cristalizan.<span class=\"citation\">\u00b2<\/span> Su tama\u00f1o puede variar desde diminutos cristales hasta grandes c\u00e1lculos de varios cent\u00edmetros de di\u00e1metro. Los c\u00e1lculos renales se forman dentro de los ri\u00f1ones (nefrolitiasis) y, cuando salen de la pelvis renal y se desplazan al resto del sistema colector urinario, la afecci\u00f3n se denomina espec\u00edficamente urolitiasis.<span class=\"citation\">\u00b3<\/span> Los c\u00e1lculos pueden causar un dolor importante, obstrucci\u00f3n urinaria, infecci\u00f3n y da\u00f1o renal si no se tratan.<span class=\"citation\">\u2074<\/span>\n    <\/p>","gt-synonyms":"Urolitiasis, Nefrolitiasis, C\u00e1lculos renales, Litiasis renal, C\u00e1lculos ureterales, C\u00e1lculos urinarios, Litiasis urinaria, C\u00e1lculos vesicales, Litiasis vesical","gt-citation":"[1] Thakore P, Liang TH. Urolithiasis. StatPearls. 2023 Jun 5. https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/books\/NBK559101\/ PMID: 32644527\n\n[2] Sellaturay S, Fry C. The metabolic basis for urolithiasis. Surgery. 2008;26:136\u201340. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.mpsur.2008.03.002\n\n[3] Allam EAH. Urolithiasis unveiled: pathophysiology, stone dynamics, types, and inhibitory mechanisms: a review. African Journal of Urology. 2024 Jul 23;30(1):30. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1186\/s12301-024-00436-z\n\n[4] Fisang C, Anding R, M\u00fcller SC, Latz S, Laube N. Urolithiasis\u2013an interdisciplinary diagnostic, therapeutic and secondary preventive challenge. Dtsch Arztebl Int. 2015;112:83\u201391. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3238\/arztebl.2015.0083\n\n[5] Akram M, Jahrreiss V, Skolarikos A, Geraghty R, Tzelves L, Emilliani E, Davis NF, Somani BK. Urological Guidelines for Kidney Stones: Overview and Comprehensive Update. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2024 Feb 16;13(4):1114. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/jcm13041114\n\n[6] Alelign T, Petros B. Kidney stone disease: an update on current concepts. Advances in Urology. 2018;2018:3068365. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1155\/2018\/3068365\n\n[7] Wang Z, Zhang Y, Zhang J, Deng Q, Liang H. Recent advances on the mechanisms of kidney stone formation. International Journal of Molecular Medicine. 2021;48(2):83. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3892\/ijmm.2021.4982\n\n[8] Wigner P, Bijak M, Saluk-Bijak J. Probiotics in the prevention of the calcium oxalate urolithiasis. Cells. 2022;11:284. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/cells11020284\n\n[9] Siener R, Hesse A. Fluid intake and epidemiology of urolithiasis. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2003;57(Suppl 2):S47-51. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/sj.ejcn.1601901\n\n[10] Ba\u015ftu\u011f F, D\u00fc\u015f\u00fcnsel R. Pediatric urolithiasis: causative factors, diagnosis and medical management. Nature Reviews Urology. 2012;9:138\u2013146. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/nrurol.2012.4","gt-clinical-context":"<p>\n        Los c\u00e1lculos del tracto urinario son una afecci\u00f3n urol\u00f3gica frecuente, con una tasa de recurrencia de hasta el 50% en los cinco a\u00f1os siguientes al episodio inicial.<span class=\"citation\">\u00b9<\/span> La presentaci\u00f3n cl\u00ednica es muy variable, desde c\u00e1lculos asintom\u00e1ticos descubiertos de forma incidental hasta un c\u00f3lico renal intenso caracterizado por un dolor repentino e intenso en el flanco que puede irradiarse a la parte inferior del abdomen o a la ingle.<span class=\"citation\">\u2075<\/span>\n    <\/p>\n    <p>\n        La selecci\u00f3n de los pacientes para el tratamiento depende del tama\u00f1o, la localizaci\u00f3n y la composici\u00f3n del c\u00e1lculo, as\u00ed como de la presencia de complicaciones como infecci\u00f3n u obstrucci\u00f3n.<span class=\"citation\">\u2075<\/span> Los c\u00e1lculos peque\u00f1os (&lt;5 mm) a menudo se expulsan espont\u00e1neamente con un tratamiento conservador que incluye el control del dolor, la hidrataci\u00f3n y el tratamiento m\u00e9dico expulsivo.<span class=\"citation\">\u2075<\/span> Los c\u00e1lculos de mayor tama\u00f1o suelen requerir una intervenci\u00f3n.\n    <\/p>\n    <p>\n        La evaluaci\u00f3n diagn\u00f3stica incluye la tomograf\u00eda computarizada sin contraste (TCSC) como t\u00e9cnica de imagen de referencia en los pacientes sintom\u00e1ticos, mientras que la ecograf\u00eda puede utilizarse como prueba inicial en las personas asintom\u00e1ticas.<span class=\"citation\">\u2075<\/span> La evaluaci\u00f3n anal\u00edtica incluye un an\u00e1lisis de orina, un urocultivo y una bioqu\u00edmica s\u00e9rica para valorar posibles alteraciones metab\u00f3licas.<span class=\"citation\">\u2076<\/span>\n    <\/p>\n    <p>\n        Las opciones de tratamiento incluyen:\n    <\/p>\n    <ol>\n        <li>Tratamiento conservador para los c\u00e1lculos peque\u00f1os con una alta probabilidad de expulsi\u00f3n espont\u00e1nea<\/li>\n        <li>Litotricia extracorp\u00f3rea por ondas de choque (LEOC) para c\u00e1lculos &lt;2 cm<\/li>\n        <li>Ureteroscopia (URS) con litotricia l\u00e1ser para c\u00e1lculos ureterales y c\u00e1lculos renales de menor tama\u00f1o<\/li>\n        <li>Nefrolitotom\u00eda percut\u00e1nea (NLP) para c\u00e1lculos de mayor tama\u00f1o (&gt;2 cm) o casos complejos<\/li>\n        <li>Cirug\u00eda abierta o laparosc\u00f3pica en situaciones complejas poco frecuentes<span class=\"citation\">\u2075<\/span><\/li>\n    <\/ol>\n    <p>\n        Las estrategias de prevenci\u00f3n se centran en el aumento de la ingesta de l\u00edquidos, las modificaciones de la dieta y, en ocasiones, la medicaci\u00f3n para tratar las alteraciones metab\u00f3licas subyacentes.<span class=\"citation\">\u2077<\/span> Los pacientes con c\u00e1lculos recurrentes se benefician de una evaluaci\u00f3n metab\u00f3lica completa y de medidas preventivas espec\u00edficas.<span class=\"citation\">\u2078<\/span>\n    <\/p>\n    <p>\n        Los resultados esperados tras el tratamiento son en general favorables, aunque las tasas de ausencia de c\u00e1lculos var\u00edan seg\u00fan el procedimiento: suelen ser m\u00e1s altas tras la URS y la NLP que tras la LEOC, que a su vez presenta menos complicaciones.<span class=\"citation\">\u2075<\/span> No obstante, el riesgo de recurrencia sigue siendo considerable, lo que pone de relieve la importancia de las estrategias preventivas.<span class=\"citation\">\u2079<\/span>\n    <\/p>","gt-related-evidence":null,"gt-featured":false,"gt-ai-referenced":true,"gt-view-count":20},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.7 (Yoast SEO v28.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>C\u00e1lculos del tracto urinario: causas y tratamiento<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Conozca los c\u00e1lculos del tracto 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