PURPOSE To evaluate the clinical efficacy of flexible ureteroscope (F-URS) combined with holmium laser lithotripter in treating renal calculi in horseshoe kidney. MATERIALS AND METHODS From November 2010 to December 2013, the medical history and charts of sixteen patients (mean age 42.9 ± 11.6 years, range 26-66 years), including 13 males and 3 females were analyzed retrospectively. Mean ston...

318 Iranian Journal of Kidney Diseases | Volume 6 | Number 4 | July 2012 kidney calculi, the clinical features and risk factors of urolithiasis were evaluated.1 They concluded that urolithiasis remains a serious problem in Iranian children. In addition, family history of urolithiasis, urologic abnormalities, metabolic disorders, and urinary tract infections were associated risk factors for pedi...

I read the article by Dr Chou and associates [1] with interest. They evaluated the secondary signs associated with ureteral obstruction from calcium and uric acid stones. They used unenhanced helical computed tomography (UCT) in order to assess the kidneys in those patients, and observed that UCT reliably showed secondary changes (such as rim sign, hydroureter, perirenal stranding, renal densit...

A 50-year old woman was admitted to emergency room due to an episode of recurrent renal colic. Double-J ureteral stent has been placed several weeks earlier due to mild hydronephrosis of the left kidney. She had a history of urinary tract infections and poorly defined abdominal pain. Abdominal computed tomography (CT) scan revealed normal left kidney and normal left urinary tract without calcul...

BACKGROUND Pashanabheda is used as antiurolithiatic in Ayurveda. In the present study, Aerva lanata (L) Juss. ex. Schult (Amaranthaceae) from Western Ghats of India was selected for isolation of active constituents and screening for antiurolithiatic potentials. OBJECTIVE Screening of compounds isolated from A. lanata for antiurolithiatic potentials. MATERIALS AND METHODS Ethylene glycol (0....

Primary hyperoxaluria type I is a rare autosomal show reflux. Cystoscopy with retrograde urogram showed no evidence of obstruction. A diagnosis of recessive metabolic disorder characterized by absence of liver specific peroxisomal alanine glyoxylate aminoend-stage renal disease (ESRD) of unknown aetiology was made. Live related donor kidney transplant was transferase (AGT ) leading to elevated ...

Two more indications are described for temporary ex vivo perfusion of kidneys with revascularization of these organs as auto grafts to orthotopic or heterotopic locations. One of the patients had staghorn calculi which were removed from a solitary kidney. The other patient had both kidneys autografted in the course of a surgical procedure on an extensive abdominal aortic aneurysm. The term "ben...

We evaluated the outcomes of percutaneous nephrolithotomy in patients with chronic renal insufficiency. A total of 60 patients with a creatinine level greater than 1.5 mg/dL who underwent PCNL were included. Serum creatinine level, as a kidney function index, was assessed before and after the operation. The mean calculus size was 31.13 ± 9.38 mm. The mean pre-operative and 2-week postoperative ...

BACKGROUND The use of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) to treat calcium oxalate dihydrate (COD) renal calculi gives excellent fragmentation results. However, the retention of post-ESWL fragments within the kidney remains an important health problem. This study examined the effect of various urinary conditions and crystallization inhibitors on the regrowth of spontaneously-passed pos...

Abstract
 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...