Kedney matrix stones are a rare form of calculi. Flank pain and urinary tract infections (UTI) are the most common presentations of matrix calculi. The diagnosis is usually made at surgery, but some preoperative radiographic findings might be suggestive. Open surgery was the method of choice for treatment. However, combination of ureterorenoscopy and percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) was foun...

Water extract of the leaves of Coleus aromaticus  Benth. Was tested for its antiurolithiatic activity against calcium oxalate stones in male albino rats. Calcium oxalate stones were induced by feeding 3% w/w sodium oxalate along with normal feed. The water extract of coleus aromaticus (0.5 g/kg and 1.0 g/kg, once, orally for 30 days) was found to be effective in reducing deposition of calcium o...

INTRODUCTION Kidney stones are the third most common urinary tract problems after urinary tract infections and prostate pathology. Kidney stones may cause extreme pain and blockage of urine flow. They are usually treated with medications that may cause a number of side-effects. Medicinal herbs are used in different cultures as a reliable source of natural remedies. OBJECTIVES This study aimed...

BACKGROUND This study compared the clinical outcomes of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy between elderly (aged $65 years) and non-elderly (aged <65 years) patients. METHODS A retrospective review of medical records was performed on 483 (non-elderly: 245, elderly: 238) patients with upper urinary tract stones who underwent shock wave lithotripsy between 2007 and 2015. The demographic data...

Background: Urinary stones are now a worldwide problem due to rise in occurrence over the past few decades. All racial and cultural groups have experienced this. Complex metabolic environmental risk factors both involved pathogenetic pathways of stone production. This disease affects roughly 12% world's population. Its recurrence rate is about 70% men 47% women. significantly increased prevalen...

OBJECTIVE Due to rapid economic development over the past four decades, urinary stone components may have changed in Taiwan. We studied the changes in urinary stone components over time and the possible association with dietary changes during the same period. MATERIALS AND METHODS From 1956 to 1999, 9,715 urinary calculi were collected at a single institution and analyzed using polarizing mic...

Introduction: In complex microbial communities, the importance of species at very low abundance levels and their prevalence for overall community structure function is increasingly being recognized. Clinical microbiome studies on urinary stone disease (USD) have indicated that both gut tract microbiota are associated with onset kidney stones them-selves harbor a complex, yet consistent viable, ...