Using radiological interventional techniques the gall bladder can be cleared of stones with a high success rate. As with any treatment option that leaves the gall bladder in situ there is an accompanying risk of stone recurrence, which is currently unknown for the radiological method. One hundred patients were studied prospectively to determine the recurrence rate of stones and clinical outcome...

ments of the calculus weighed 1,200 grains, and the patient died some three weeks after the operation from pyelitis. I took little note at the time of the fact that the stone was in pieces, when operated on, though I thought it curious that the pieces fitted accurately together after removal. In Dr. Strange's case,?at which I assisted?the bladder examined per rectum felt like a bag of pebbles, ...

Renal Stone is one of the fairly common diseases in all over the world. According to statistics , its prevalence in America is between 10 to 15% (1). Iran and its neighbors such as Turkey and Pakistan locate on stone-making region. The exact prevalence and incidence rates of urinary calculi in Iran are not clear (2). Since a) mortality rate in this disease is not high, b) there is no longer tim...

Sir,?In my notes on Vesical Calculus last month I said that if necessary to get a large enough wound in the bladder, it was preferable to open the peritoneum rather than cut down behind the symphysis. I have just had a case?the first?where this was necessary. The stone weighed 12 oz. and measured 3J" X 2f" x 2g" and the bladder was contracted on it. The peritoneum was reflected well back past t...

A rare case of giant vesical calculus weighing 1,365 g and presenting as vesicocutaneous fistula is described. Dr. Hanif G. Motiwala, ‘AMAN’ Opp.: Parasbaug Society, Behind Tagore Hall, Ellisbridge, Ahmedabad-380 006 (India) Introduction The incidence of vesical calculi is decreasing in the West, but the situation is not much altered in developing countries. The size of vesical calculi varies, ...