Chemical composition of upper renal tract calculi in Multan.
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OBJECTIVE To study the chemical composition of upper renal tract (renal and ureteric) calculi in Multan. SETTING Department of Urology, Nishtar Hospital, Multan. STUDY PERIOD September 1992 to February 1999. MATERIAL AND METHODS A total of 700 renal and ureteric calculi were analyzed by chemical method of Hodgkinson. RESULTS The commonest were uric acid (28.1%) calculi, followed in frequency by calcium oxalate calculi (26.1%), mixed calculi containing calcium oxalate and uric acid (21.8%) and calculi containing calcium oxalate and calcium phosphate (10.4%). Other variety of calculi were less common. CONCLUSION Uric acid, calcium oxalate and mixed uric acid and calcium oxalate calculi are the main types in Multan region (JPMA 50:145, 2000).
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association
دوره 50 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2000