OBJECTIVE To show the efficiency and safety of Holmium laser in the treatment of pyeloureteral lithiasis, based on our own experience since the introduction of this source of energy in our department. MATERIAL AND METHODS From January 2002 to February 2004, we have carried out 198 ureterorenoscopies using Holmium laser to treat lithiasis located in the upper urinary tract. In all cases, a pre...

Especially complicated, renal lithiasis contributes to the general inflammatory syndrome development that interferes with nonspecific, humoral and cellular immune system. The surgical treatment of nephrolithiasis is closely related to drug therapy of urinary infection, one of the reasons being the reduction of the immune status. The work is performed by evaluating the immunological status preop...

INTRODUCTION Metabolic investigation in patients with urinary lithiasis is very important for preventing recurrence of disease. The objective of this work was to diagnose and to determine the prevalence of metabolic disorders, to assess the quality of the water consumed and volume of diuresis as potential risk factors for this pathology. PATIENTS AND METHODS We studied 182 patients older than...

OBJECTIVE To show the prolonged efficacy of thiazides in the prophylaxis and treatment of recurrences in patients with calcium oxalate and phosphate lithiasis. METHODS A randomised prospective study is conducted, with a three-year follow-up, in 150 patients diagnosed with recurrent calcium lithiasis. The patients are divided into three groups: A) 50 cases subject to observation with no treatm...

Introduction Urinary stones are relatively uncommon in the paediatric age group; however, the prevalence seems to be on the increase and the tendency towards urinary lithiasis in males and females is the same in childhood.1,2 The clinical features are often vague and nonspecific, so a high index of suspicion is usually required for diagnosis. Limited investigations tend to be performed in child...

Urinary lithiasis is a common disease, prevalence rates vary from 1% to 20%, according to gender, dietary, ethnic, the geographical, and genetic factors [1]. Urinary Stone recurrence rates around the 50% at ten years. Each year in the United States, people make more than a million visits to health care providers and more than 300,000 people go to emergency rooms for kidney stone problems [2]. T...

There is still an ongoing debate regarding the optimal endourological treatment of upper urinary tract lithiasis, a significant parameter being the stone free rate. However, despite the apparent simplicity of notions such as stone free or success rate, when analyzing the available literature one may discover the complex, intricate and debatable issues behind them. The main problems reside in th...