OBJECTIVES To describe our experience with extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy (ESWL) for the treatment of bladder stones of <20 mm. PATIENTS AND METHODS This study was prospectively performed in two hospitals (Althawrah Modern General Hospital, and Ibn Sina Specialized Hospital) between November 2012 and November 2015. In all, 44 patients presented with urethral or bladder stones. The locat...

INTRODUCTION The prevalence of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) is about 20% in men aged 40 or above. Other than benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), urethral diverticulum or calculus is not uncommon for LUTS in men. Surgical treatment is often recommended for urethral diverticulum or calculus, but treatment for an impacted urethral calculus complicated by a stone-containing diverticulum is c...

To compare the therapeutic efficacy of minimally invasive percutaneous cystolithotripsy (MPCCL) with open surgery on bladder stones with urethral strictures. We reviewed the clinical characteristics and outcomes of 37 patients with bladder calculi with urethral strictures in our institute between March 2004 and December 2012. Of them, 21 patients were treated with MPCCL, and 16 underwent open s...

Urethral stones are commonly associated with urinary tract calculi and underlying diverticulum or stricture urethra. Urethral stones, however, are rare and account for only 0.3 to 2% of all urinary tract stones.The present case concerns a 55years male patient who presented to our OPD with complaints of pain in the penis and burning micturition since 1 week. Patient had features of prostatism si...

OBJECTIVE The objective was to determine the incidence of bladder stones in patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) and to assess if catheter encrustation or positive urinary culture of Proteus mirabilis is predictive of bladder stones. BACKGROUND Bladder stones are common urological complication in those with SCI managed with indwelling urinary catheter. Detection and removal of bladder stone...

introduction: to assessment of the efficacy and safety of transurethral cystolithotripsy of large bladder stones by holmium laser in the outpatient setting. methods: in a prospective study, 48 consecutive adult patients with large bladder stones, were enrolled for transurethral cystolithotripsy. patients older than 18 years, with bladder stones larger than 2 cm were enrolled. urethral stricture...

Urethral stones can become impacted in the posterior urethra, typically presenting with varying degrees of acute urinary retention and lower urinary tract symptoms. These are traditionally treated in the inpatient setting, with external urethrotomy or endoscopic push-back of the calculus into the urinary bladder followed by cystolitholapaxy or cystolithotripsy. However, these methods are invasi...

INTRODUCTION We present a case of Alkaptonuria (AKU) presented with severe lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) secondary to extensive prostatic calculi deposited in the para prostatic diverticulum. Prostatic calculi are seen in chronic prostatitis, chronic pelvic pain syndrome and benign prostate hyperplasia; however, in patients with AKU, prostatic calculi and/or calcifications are more extens...

stance. and on pressure urine came out of it. It was tried to pass the sound into the bladder, but the effort was unsuccessful on account of the displacement of urethra. On introducing the small finger into the urethral opening, it was directed into the os-uteri, in which the stones were felt. The opening was dilated, and the stones were extracted from the uterus. The stones numbered 16, big au...

bstructive uropathy is a common clinical problem, and urethral calculi constitute the least common form of calculous disease leading to obstructive uropathy. Urethral calculi may originate anywhere in the urinary tract, usually the bladder, and then migrate to the urethra. The clinical presentation is variable. Patients may have acute retention, dysuria, or a weak urine stream.1 Sonography is a...