Open AccessURINARY CALCULI
Author(s) -
Munawar Farooq,
Mohammed Anwar,
Muhammad Bukhari,
Awais Hameede,
Hafiz Mansoor-ul-Haq
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
the professional medical journal/the professional medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2071-7733
pISSN - 1024-8919
DOI - 10.29309/tpmj/2007.14.01.3615
Subject(s) - medicine , calcium oxalate , urinary system , uric acid , oxalate , kidney stones , calcium , urology , inorganic chemistry , chemistry
Objective: To describe frequency of urinary stones according to chemical composition in patients presenting. Study Design: Prospective & descriptive study Setting: Sh. Zayed Hospital, Rahim Yar Khan. Period: Dec 1998 to Dec 2000. Material & Method: Of 125 patients presenting with urinary Lithiasis. who were operated in surgical unit-l. Patients of any age and sex have been included in the study while any patient who did not undergo surgical intervention due to any reason was excluded from the study. Results: Chemical analysis showed that maximum number of specimen (38.4%) had mixed stones having calcium oxalate and urate as main constituents. The next in order of frequency were pure calcium oxalate stones 28%. In 16% of cases calcium oxalate was mixed with phosphate. Only 8 cases (6.4%) had pure uric acid stones. Conclusion: Calcium oxalate was most frequent salt found in urinary stones.