Urinary tract stones affect up to 2-5% of the Asian population and up to 15 % of the population in western countries. The epidemiology of Urolithiasis differs according to the geographical area in terms of prevalence, incidence, age and sex distribution, stone composition and stone location. Urolithiasis is twice as common in males compared to females. This was a descriptive cross sectional stu...

OBJECTIVE Computed tomography (CT) is an imaging modality used to detect renal stones. However, there is concern about the lifetime cumulative radiation exposure attributed to CT. Ultrasonography (US) has been used to diagnose urolithiasis, thereby avoiding radiation exposure. The objective of this study was to determine the ability of US to identify renal colic patients with a low risk of requ...

results the diagnostic value of ivu was found positive in 6.5% while it was negative in (93.5%) cases. the sensitivity and specificity of usg, rad and their combination in detection of urolithiasis was calculated as 90.5% and 84.8%, 84.1% and 88.6%; and 98.4% and 4.8% respectively. conclusions ivu can be largely replaced by usg in the pediatric population and if really clinically needed, its in...

10.2217/14750708.2.2.243 © 2 part of Background: Most treatments for childhood urolithiasis are preventive, and conservative management such as chemical dissolution has its limitations. As a result, open surgery is still required in childhood lithiasis. With lithotripsy, repeated sessions are often required, a uretral stent may be required and the shock wave may damage the renal parenchyma, par...

OBJECTIVE To test the hypothesis that kidney stone disease is more frequent among hypertensive men when the effect of possible confounders is allowed for. DESIGN Cross sectional study of a sample of the male working population conducted as part of the 10 year follow up of a nationwide survey of the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors. SETTING The Olivetti factory in Pozzuoli, a suburb...

Aim to study the linear dimensions of right and left kidneys in patients with urolithiasis individuals without kidney disease.
 Material methods. We assessed average values length, thickness width at level poles hilum (main group 65 patients) control (87 healthy people) using method 3D reconstruction computed tomography data variational-statistical analysis.
 Results. The kidneys: thi...

OBJECTIVE Since 1980s, the clinical and biological characteristics of urolithiasis in Tunisian children have continuously evolved. This retrospective study defines the current status of urolithiasis among children and adolescents in Tunisia. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the records of 310 children and adolescents (age: 3 months - 19 years) between 2003 and 2010, holding urolithiasis. A...

Purpose. Adjunctive zonisamide therapy was demonstrated to be beneficial for multiple-disabled patients with refractory childhood-onset epilepsy. Zonisamide is well tolerated, but urolithiasis and calcium sludge in the bladder were sometimes described in patients treated with antiepileptic drug polytherapy including zonisamide. In previous studies, alkaline urine and crystalluria were shown to ...

Today large number of population suffers from kidney stone disease has increasing due to change in living conditions. Kidney stone formation or urolithiasis is a complex process that results from a succession of several physicochemical events including supersaturation, nucleation, growth, aggregation, and retention within the kidney. The treatments used are extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy...

Young Aboriginal children in remote regions of tropical and desert Australia are at risk of developing urate stones in their upper urinary tract from an early age. These radiolucent calculi were only recognized with the availability of ultrasound diagnosis and are not associated with anatomic anomalies or abnormal uric acid production/metabolism. Although these stones appear to resolve spontane...