BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Medullary sponge kidney (MSK) is a renal malformation typically associated with nephrocalcinosis and recurrent calcium stones. Incomplete distal renal tubular acidosis, hypocitraturia, and hypercalciuria are common. For stone prevention, patients with MSK generally receive the standard "stone clinic" recommendations and often receive potassium citrate (KC). However, th...

We describe a case in which a Weck Hem-o-lok clip (Teleflex, Research Triangle Park, USA) migrated into the collecting system and acted as a nidus for stone formation in a patient after robot-assisted partial nephrectomy. The patient presented 2 years postoperatively with left-sided renal colic. Abdominal computed tomography scan showed a 10 millimeter renal calculus in the left middle pole. Af...

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...

Aim: To detect usefulness of triple D score in ESWL (extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy) for management renal stone. Methodology: Retrospective Study was conducted at Urology department, CMCTH) SMBBMedical University Larkana. 50 patients underwent from 2018 to 2020. All the related data were taken as well demographic details, history and risk factor patients. Routine investigation carried ou...

Urolithiasis can be defined as the clinical condition where the formation of crystal aggregates in the urinary tract results in kidney stones. The presence of a kidney stone in the human body can be externalized in very different ways, it can produce no symptoms but it can be associated with several pain caused for one or some of the following symptoms: gross or microscopic hematuria, obstructi...

background: in this study, the early effects of percutaneous nephrolithotomy (pcnl) on glomerular filtration rate (gfr) was assessed in different postoperative times and likewise, we determined the correlation of different variables with significant postoperative gfr drop  after pcnl. m aterials and methods: patient records of 486 cases that had undergone pcnl from january 2010 to october 2011 ...

INTRODUCTION The aim of this study was to investigate the value of renal resistive index (RI) for the assessment of renal colic and to determine whether it is predictive of renal stone disease. METHODS A total of 70 participants were included in the research study. Group 1 comprised 43 patients with acute unilateral ureteral obstruction due to a stone disease (G1), while Group 2 consisted of ...

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES Ectopic pelvic kidneys with renal stones are challenging to treat. We report our experience in managing a case of ectopic pelvic kidney with a pelvic stone by robotic pyelolithotomy after failure of flexible ureteroscopy. MATERIALS AND METHODS A 46-year old male with 2 months history of vague lower abdominal pain was found to have on Computed Tomography scan a left...

BACKGROUND This study was carried out to determine whether or not there is a significant relationship between the radiologic anatomy of the lower calyx, as seen on preoperative intravenous urography (IVU), and the outcome of stone clearance after extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy (ESWL) for lower renal calyceal stones. METHODS Between June 1998 and April 2007, 112 patients with a solitary ...