Pathophysiological aspects of renal stone formation and stone types

Stone Composition in Patients Who Undergo Renal Stone Surgery: Review of 423 Stone Analyses in Southern Iran

Stone Formation

1. Urinary stones 1.1 Pathogenesis 1.2 Classification of stones 1.2.1 Calcium stones 1.2.2 Uric Acid Stones 1.2.3 Magnesium Ammonium Phosphate Stones, struvite or infection stones 1.2.4 Cystine 1.3 Risk factors 1.3.1 Non-genetic factors 1.3.1.1 Diet 1.3.1.2 Body size 1.3.1.3 Environment 1.3.2 Genetic factors 2. Other urological stones: Testicular microlithiasis 3. Biliary and gallbladder stones...

[Renal morphology and urodynamic factors for renal stone formation].

Studies on the pathogenesis of urolithiasis have mainly focused on metabolic disorders. However, metabolic disorders alone are not sufficient to explain the problem. In the present study, morphological and urodynamic differences of the upper urinary tract on both the stone and normal side were examined. There were 35 cases of those who had experienced unilateral, recurrent, and/or multiple ston...

Influence of Mineral Water Consumption and Renal Stone Formation

The intake of minerals are very important in maintaining health, but in returning to health either. Mineral waters represents a source of minerals with high bioavailability. There are evidence based studies for the efficency of mineral waters in a series of disorders for both internal and external cures. The advantage of mineral waters in renal lithiasis are significant and the risks of stone f...

Stone clustering of patients with cystine urinary stone formation.

OBJECTIVES To explore the history of symptomatic cystine stone formation. Cystinuria is a genetic defect that may result in the formation of recurrent cystine calculi. METHODS Thirty-four patients with cystinuria were retrospectively evaluated for treatment patterns, medical prophylaxis, and renal outcome. Patients were offered a conservative surgical regimen and routine radiographic and labo...