stone composition in patients who undergo renal stone surgery: review of 423 stone analyses in southern iran

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

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

Dear Editor, Nephrolithiasis is a common urinary problem with a worldwide estimated prevalence rate of 4–20% and a 5-year recurrence rate of 50%. It accounts for significant expense and morbidity. Recurrent stone disease is a major cause of end-stage renal disease, which may eventually lead to renal transplantation. The prevalence rate of stone disease, in the Middle East region and in Iran, is...

Retrograde Intrarenal Surgery in Patients Who Previously Underwent Open Renal Stone Surgery

Purpose. To ascertain whether retrograde intrarenal surgery (RIRS) is as effective in patients treated previously with open renal stone surgery (ORSS) on the same kidney as in patients with no previous ORSS. Methods. There were 32 patients with renal stones who had previous ORSS and were treated with RIRS in the study group (Group 1). A total of 38 patients with renal stones who had no previous...

Advances in percutaneous stone surgery

Treatment of large renal stones has changed considerably in recent years. The increasing prevalence of nephrolithiasis has mandated that urologists perform more surgeries for large renal calculi than before, and this has been met with improvements in percutaneous stone surgery. In this review paper, we examine recent developments in percutaneous stone surgery, including advances in diagnosis an...

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...

Randall plaque versus renal stone?

A 43-year-old patient has just left the office. Her primary care physician had dutifully evaluated her recent complaint of vague abdominal pain with an abdominal ultrasound. The multiple, small, punctate hyperechoic lesions in the kidney were deemed concerning for renal calculi and an abdominal computed tomography (CT) scan was ordered to better delineate these " renal stones ". The CT report r...