The midurethral sling has emerged as an effective, minimally invasive treatment for patients with stress urinary incontinence. Bladder penetration is a known complication that, if unrecognized, may result in retained intravesical mesh. This rare complication can cause patient discomfort as well as become a nidus for infection and bladder calculi. Because of the technique of sling passage, the s...

Cystine stones, the main component of which is cystine, are very common urinary calculi, but are rare in the gall bladder. In animals, there has been only one report of cystine gallstones in tree shrews, and to our knowledge, this is the first report of cystine gallstones in humans.

INTRODUCTION We present a case of Alkaptonuria (AKU) presented with severe lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) secondary to extensive prostatic calculi deposited in the para prostatic diverticulum. Prostatic calculi are seen in chronic prostatitis, chronic pelvic pain syndrome and benign prostate hyperplasia; however, in patients with AKU, prostatic calculi and/or calcifications are more extens...

The urine from 180 children with bladder stone disease (BSD) was cultured for evidence of urinary tract infection. Fifty eight (22.2%) BSD children had positive urine culture. E. Coli was the commonest organism (52%) followed by B. Proteus (3 1%). There was a significant relationship (P<0.00l) between high urinary pH and growth of B. Proteus whereas E. Coli was positively correlated with lower ...

It is still unclear as to the exact mechanisms that lead to bladder stones or a similar condition called hypercalcinuria in the rabbit. Hypercalcinuria is a high calcium content of the urine where large stones do not form, but rather there is an abundance of smaller crystals that cause the urine to be thick, white and difficult to pass. This condition is often referred to as bladder sludge. It ...

bstructive uropathy is a common clinical problem, and urethral calculi constitute the least common form of calculous disease leading to obstructive uropathy. Urethral calculi may originate anywhere in the urinary tract, usually the bladder, and then migrate to the urethra. The clinical presentation is variable. Patients may have acute retention, dysuria, or a weak urine stream.1 Sonography is a...