Introducatn: Kidney stone is the most common chronic kidney condition after hypertension. kidney stone recurrence is common worldwide and it is estimated that almost 50% of stone formers will have a recurrence within 10 years. Patients' knowledge on kidney stones and its recurrence prevention is an important factor in preventive behaviors of kidney stone recurrence. This study aimed to determin...

Abstract Background and objectives: Infection stones are the directly due to persistent or recurrent infection with Urease producing bacteria. they may be exacerbated by urinary obstruction or stasis. Also, some drug components like ciprofloxacin can be the cause of stone formation. We aimed at studing antibiotic resistance of bacteria isolated form kidney stones and Urinary tract infection(UtI...

    Background & Aim: Patients with congenital renal abnormality are more prone to calculus formation and have less chance of spontaneous stone passage. Percutaneous treatment of patients with calculi in an abnormal kidney can be challenging due to the altered anatomical relationship in the retroperitoneum. Therefore, we performed a review to assess the safety and efficacy of this minimally inv...

  Background And Aim: The current understanding of the pathogenesis of idiopathic kidney stone disease points out a complex and multifactorial interaction between environmental, metabolic and genetic factors. Different epidemiologic factors have been known to be related to urinary stones. The aim of this study was to assess personal characteristics of kidney stone patients in Iran.   Materials ...

    Background & Aims: Studies show that body mass index (BMI) can predict success rate of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL). In this study, we aimed to evaluate the relation between BMI and waist circumference with success rate of ESWL and stone free rate after ESWL.   Materials & Methods : In a descriptive cross-sectional study, 64 patients with kidney stone size 0.5 to 2 cm for ur...