abstract background: stphylococcus cohnii is an organism of coagulase negative species which is considered as normal flora. however, it has been isolated from urinary tract infections and surgical prostheses but its relation with staghorn stones has not been reported, yet. case presentation: a 50-years-old woman presented with left renal staghorn stone in june 2014. she had bilateral staghorn s...

Two patients with renal pelvic stone in a horseshoe kidney who underwent a percutaneous nephrolithotripsy (PNL) are presented. Case 1 was a 36-year-old man with a 20 x 12 mm right renal pelvic stone in a horseshoe kidney. Case 2 was a 47-year-old man who had been followed up at our clinic for a horseshoe kidney and was found to have a 15 x 10 mm left renal pelvic stone. We found that percutaneo...

Urolithiasis is the third most common urological disease affecting the urinary tract. However, the risk factors that may influnce the calculous kidney damage is still unclear and needs further evaluation. We retrospectively reviewed the records of 661 patients who presented to our hospital and underwent surgery for urolithiasis. All laboratory test results were obtained operatively, within a we...

The use of extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy (ESWL) to treat kidney stones gives excellent fragmentation results. However, the retention of post-ESWL fragments within the kidney remains a serious health problem. A study carried out on calcium stone patients showed that only 32% of these were found to be stone free 12 months after ESWL [1]. Therefore, the persistence and the growth of fragmen...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to compare demographic data in adult patients undergoing percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PNL) for kidney stone disease in university hospitals from Southeastern Anatolia and the Black Sea regions. MATERIAL AND METHODS The demographic data of 535 (53.3%) patients undergoing PNL from Gaziantep University, Department of Urology (GAUN group), and 468 (46.6%) pati...

Nephrolithiasis in children is a painful and costly disease that may also have detrimental long-term effects on kidney function. Recent data provide evidence that the incidence of nephrolithiasis in children is rising. Children who are white, female, and adolescent seem to have the highest risk for forming symptomatic kidney stones. Although the reasons for the rising incidence and demographic ...

Kidney stone formers may feel doomed to a life of unpredictable flank pain, periodic surgical intervention, and concomitant loss of work and daily pleasures. Indeed, if untreated, those who have formed one calcium oxalate stone have a 50% chance of forming additional stones within 10 years (Menon & Resnick, 2002). With appropriate education, patients can exercise some control over stone disease...