BACKGROUND The main goal of this study is to determine the relationship between opium dependency and frequency of urolithiasis renal colics. METHODS In a cross sectional study we compared opium dependency in urolithiasis patients (case group) with non-urolithiasis patients (control group) and assessed urolithiasis related renal colics as risk factor to opium dependency prevalence. Dependency ...

Feline urolithiasis represents 15% of all cases of nonobstructive lower urinary tract disease in cats. Approximately 50% of feline uroliths are composed of struvite. Struvite urolithiasis commonly recurs, but optimal management may decrease its frequency. The pathophysiology and management of struvite urolithiasis are different in cats and dogs. This article focuses on struvite urolithiasis in ...

Urolithiasis is the term used to denote the formation of urinary calculi in animals including disease conditions that arise as a direct result. The terms urinary calculus and urolith on the other hand apply only to the actual calculi or uroliths formed in urolithiasis. In cattle, urinary calculi present in the bladder, on occasions enter and obstruct the urethra. This is the common form of obst...

OBJECTIVE We evaluated the relationship between dietary regimen and the incidence of urolithiasis in various regions. DESIGN This was a population-based, cross-sectional study. SETTING The setting involved 787 imaging centers in 12 socioeconomic regions in Iran. PATIENTS AND METHODS Using a multistage, stratified sampling during 4 seasonal phases, 6127 cases of urolithiasis were detected ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Studies have shown decreased bone mineral density in individuals with urolithiasis, but their burden of fracture remains unclear. This study sought to determine whether urolithiasis is associated with increased fracture risk across the lifespan and to delineate sex effects. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, & MEASUREMENTS A population-based retrospective cohort study us...

PURPOSE To retrospectively evaluate the efficacy of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) by age and current condition as a first-line treatment for pediatric and adolescent urolithiasis. MATERIALS AND METHODS The computerized records of 55 children were retrospectively reviewed from March 1991 to July 2007. The children were below 18 years of age and had undergone ESWL monotherapy for...

BACKGROUND Urolithiasis is one of the most common conditions seen in emergency departments (ED) worldwide, with an increasing frequency in geriatric patients (>65 years). Given the high costs of emergency medical urolithiasis treatment, the need to optimise management is obvious. We aimed to determine risk factors for hospitalisation and evaluate diagnostic and emergency treatment patterns by E...

A retrospective review was performed of the records of 148 Croatian children with urolithiasis treated between 1989 and 2003. The study evaluated age, gender, family history, clinical symptoms, location of stone, laboratory findings, stone composition, mode of treatment and compared our results with data from higher and lower socio-economic countries. The mean age of our patients was 9.38 years...

PURPOSE Chronic pancreatitis (CP) can cause fat or bile acid malabsorption due to exocrine insufficiency. Fat or bile acid malabsorption has been reported to increase the risk of urolithiasis through increased intestinal oxalate absorption. However, no studies have reported an association between CP and urolithiasis. METHODS We identified 15,848 patients (age: ≥20 years) diagnosed as having C...

Pediatric urolithiasis is an important medical problem, which has seen an increasing incidence in developing countries. A wide geographic variation in urolithiasis prevalence has been documented, which might be due to differences in diet, fluid intake, ethnicity and climate. The aim is to assess the biochemical and metabolic characteristics of the patients. The current study was conducted by th...