Place of urolithiasis in the spectrum of urological pathologies, practices and use of endourological procedures in the management of calculi of the upper urinary tract: results of a survey of referral centres in Africa

• Published in: Urolithiasis Vol. 52; no. 1; p. 26
• Main Authors: Nedjim, Saleh Abdelkerim, Biyouma, Marcella D. C., Kifle, Anteneh Tadesse, Ziba, Ouima Justin Dieudonné, Mahamat, Mahamat Ali, Idowu, Najeem Adedamola, Mbwambo, Orgeness Jasper, Cassel, Ayun, Douglas, Arthur, Kalli, Moussa, Gebreselassie, Kaleab Habtemichael, Khalid, Abdullahi, Wadjiri, Mac Mansou, Hoby, Rambel, Muhawenimana, Emmanuel, Marebo, Toto Shareba, Ngwa-Ebogo, Tagang Titus, Salissou, Mahamane, Adoumadji, Kouldjim, Nzeyimana, Innocent, Odzèbe, Anani Wencesl Sévérin, Barry, Mamadou II, Rimtebaye, Kimassoum, Choua, Ouchemi, Niang, Lamine, Honoré, Berthé, Samnakay, Saeed, Bowa, Kasonde, Lazarus, John, Coulibaly, Noel, Ndoye, Alain Khassim, Makon, Axel Stephane Nwaha, Aboutaieb, Rachid
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 12.01.2024; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Humans; Kidney Calculi - surgery; Lithotripsy - methods; Medical Biochemistry; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Multiple choice; Nephrology; Questionnaires; Surgery; Surveys and Questionnaires; Treatment Outcome; Ureteroscopy; Urinary Calculi; Urinary Tract; Urinary tract diseases; Urogenital system; Urolithiasis - surgery; Urology; Africa; Modern Urology For Africa; Pratice, Endourology; Urolithiasis; Epidemiology; Africa

Our aim was to determine the current trend of endourology in the management of upper urinary tract calculi in Africa reference centres. We conducted an online multiple-choice questionnaire survey involving 46 centres from 27 countries using a structured well-designed Google Form (®) questionnaire. T...