Cholecystolithiasis is a common disease, making cholecystectomy a commonly performed surgical procedure. The gross appearance of gallstones differs from case to case. To classify gallstones on the basis of their structure, we randomly collected gallstones from 100 (64 of them women) of 3,289 patients who underwent cholecystectomy at our hospital. The stones were grossly classified into five maj...

AIM To evaluate the incidence and characteristics of kidney stones in kidney transplant recipients. METHODS A literature search was performed using MEDLINE, EMBASE, and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews from the inception of the databases through March 2016. Studies assessing the incidence of kidney stones in kidney transplant recipients were included. We applied a random-effects model ...

This study investigated the composition of common duct gall stones from 61 patients, aged 49-94. The stones were collected endoscopically with a dormia basket after endoscopic papillotomy. The cholesterol content was measured both by infrared spectroscopy (mean 29%, range 0-99%) and enzymatically (mean 23%, range 0-96%). The results of the two measurements showed good correlation (r2 = 0.92), i...

While doing some volunteer work recently, I was removing broken sidewalk stones and digging down a few inches to eventually add sand new pavers. surprised find an underground wire from the building feeding lamppost distance away. Fortunately, wasn’t damaged by shovel, but this definitely electrical hazard, it could have resulted in injury. The local codes require be buried 24 (60 cm) or, if pro...

The objective of this study is to determine microhabitat preferences benthic species occurring in epilithic (living on stones), epipsammic (growing sand), epipelic mud) and epiphytic seagrass) assemblages the shallows Gulf Gdańsk (southern Baltic Sea). material was collected from 19 sites along Gdynia–Sopot coastal zone, including Port Gdynia. Most identified diatom taxa were observed two or th...

PURPOSE We analyzed differences in urinary stone composition according to body mass index (BMI). MATERIALS AND METHODS Between January 2007 and December 2010, 505 ureteral or renal stones were collected from 505 patients who underwent surgical intervention. Data on patient age, gender, BMI, urinary pH, and stone composition were collected. RESULTS The patients' mean age was 49.2 years (rang...

introduction bladder stone is the most common form of lower urinary tract stones and constitutes 5% of all urinary tract stones. the giant bladder stones are very rare and our report was the first one in iran and in the world. case presentation the patient was a 35-year-old man who was referred to our urology clinic with the lower urinary tract symptoms. irritative symptoms were dominant withou...