OBJECTIVE The objective of our study was to perform a meta-analysis to evaluate the diagnostic performance of low-dose CT for the diagnosis of urolithiasis (seven studies, 1,061 patients). MATERIALS AND METHODS The medical literature from 1995 to 2007 was searched using PubMed, Medline, and Cochrane Library databases for articles on studies that used low-dose CT (< 3 mSv dose applied for the ...

Quercus gilva Bume (QGB, family Fagaceae) is a tall evergreen oak species tree that grows in warm temperate regions in Korea, Japan, China and Taiwan. Quercus plants have long been the basis of traditional medicines. Their clinical benefits according to traditional medicine include relief of urolithiasis, tremors and inflammation. In the present study, the anti-urolithiasis activity including a...

Ayurveda recommends many simple herbs in the treatment of urological afflictions like urolithiasis. Seventyone patients diagnosed to be suffering from urolithiasis were treated with juice of the core of the pseudostem of Musa Paradisiaca and Musa sapientum. A significant segment of them passed out calculi of varying size after consuming the drug for two weeks. Recurrence of stone formation was ...

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between urinary tract infection (UTI) and urinary calcium excretion. A total of 82 children (mean age: 5.41± 4.09 years) with UTI and 82 age- and sex-matched children as a control group were enrolled in the study. Urinary calcium excretion was studied in children with UTI before treatment, three days after treatment and six months after ...

Aim: To improve management of the posterior urethral valve (PUV) in children a hospital environment. Patients and Methods: This was retrospective descriptive study that covered sixteen (16) years period, from January 1, 2002 to December 31, 2017, In pediatric surgery urology departments our teaching hospital, 26 cases were involved. The diagnosis made by retrograde urethrocystography micturitio...

Abstract&#x0D; Introduction and aim of the study: Urolithiasis is a disease involving formation deposits in lumen urinary tract. The continued development minimally invasive treatment methods allows for more effective with greater operator comfort less risk to patient. It has been concluded that retrograde intrarenal surgery (RIRS) superior other therapeutic many respects. this study review ava...

Introduction: Urolithiasis affects mainly people of working age and due to its recurrent course often leads to disability. That`s why, the prevention of incidence and progression of urolithiasis is an important task. Objective: To study the possible relationships between dietary habits and urolithiasis occurrence and recurrence. Materials and methods: It was conducted a retrospective epidemiolo...

Introduction. Urolithiasis remains a great medical challenge. The last two decades of the 20th century witnessed a rapid development in minimally invasive surgery methods for urolithotomy. The beginning of the 21st century is marked with a further perfecting of these methods. Aim. The aim of this work was to present modern methods for evacuating uroliths from kidneys, ureters, bladder and ureth...