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...

During the nineteenth and earlier centuries urolithiasis was a common paediatric problem and the many reports in the literature bear testimony to this. The total incidence of stone in the urinary tract has lessened in this country and at the same time there has been a disproportionate decrease in the number of cases seen in children so that the present incidence in childhood is low. However, ur...

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...