Giant or massive bladder stone is a rare condition that is usually seen in men with an underlying urologic problem. Hereby we report a large stone in a healthy young female without any predisposing factor and with the minimal urologic complaint.

JQ b]add? -Was Emitted for a suspect-ed stone er which appeared to be felt on sounding. The boy suffered from symptoms like those of stone in the bladder. Litholapaxy was tried, but instead of the stone some part of a fleshy growth seemed to be caught by the blades of the lithotrite. A suprapubic cystotomy was therefore done and the growth appeared to be an enlargement of the prostate. This was...

The effect of combining therapy with hydrochlorothiazide, allopurinol and systemic alkalization for urolithiasis with lower urinary pH was examined. A total of 90 patients were followed up for 1 to 3 years, the average follow up period being 18 months. The total stone disappearance rate was 60% (kidney stone), 74% (ureter stone) and 20% (bladder stone). Large amounts of thiazide diuretics, pota...

OBJECTIVE This study compared the effect of endourological procedures with or without the Amplatz sheath (AS) on cystolithotripsy. METHODS We retrospectively analysed 18 patients who underwent treatment for bladder stone over 30 mm. This study consisted of two groups, namely, patients who underwent cystolithotripsy with an AS (AS group) and those who underwent standard procedure without an AS...

Patients with urinary tract diversion are at increased risk of cystolithiasis. Management of intravesical calculi poses challenges for the urologist even if non interventional methods of stone clearance are employed. Endourological approaches remain the mainstay of treatment in the management of the patient with an anatomically unique bladder but access can potentially traumatize a reconstructe...

We report an uncommon case of a-48-year-old female presenting with calculi over suture in bladder following prior abdominal hysterectomy. The stone was fragmented and removed via transurethral cystolitholapaxy using pneumatic energy followed by cystoscopic removal of the suture. Bladder stones are rarely found in females (2%) and their occurrence should be evaluated in detail. Foreign bodies in...

______________________________________________________________________________________ Purpose: Currently, several modalities are used to manage bladder stones. We report laparoscopic single port cystolithotomy using stone basket via pneumovesicum method. video SeCTion

On sounding the bladder some roughness of a foreign bod/was felt. Patient placed under the influence of chloroform, morphia injected under skiu and median operation perfomed. On introducing finger into bladder, the grass stick was felt, it was bent, hooked by finger and brought out. One end of it was covered by deposit of salt. There was also a nuall soft stone which crumbled during extraction ...

An extremely rare case of spontaneous intraperitoneal rupture of the urinary bladder, caused by a combination of a tumor of the vesical wall and an impacted urethral stone, is reported. The patient's symptoms suggested a perforated hollow viscus. Under general anesthesia the urethral stone was removed, while at laparotomy a diffuse peritonitis with blood-stained purulent fluid emerging from the...