Results of urometabolic evaluation in 127 patients with renal calculous disease

• Published in: Urology (Ridgewood, N.J.) Vol. 25; no. 1; pp. 22 - 25
• Main Authors: Verbaeys, A, Minnaert, H, De Paepe, M, Ringoir, S, De Sy, W.A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 1985; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Biological and medical sciences; Calcium - urine; Child; Female; Humans; Kidney Calculi - etiology; Kidney Calculi - metabolism; Kidney Calculi - urine; Kidney Calices; Kidney Pelvis; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Nephrology. Urinary tract diseases; Urinary lithiasis; Urinary Tract Infections - complications; Urologic Diseases - complications; Human; Urine; Lithiasis; Urinary system disease; Metabolism; Kidney
• ISSN: 0090-4295; 1527-9995
• DOI: 10.1016/0090-4295(85)90556-4

One hundred twenty-seven selected stone formers were evaluated. With the simple ambulatory tests proposed by Pak for metabolic screening and a complete urologic evaluation an anomaly was found in more than 90 per cent of the cases. The patients were divided into three groups: (1) patients operated on for staghorn stones; (2) patients with episodes of spontaneous stone disease. No significant differences were noted except for the occurrence of urinary tract infection disease. No significant differences were noted except for the occurrence of urinary tract infection and for struvite and calcium oxalate occurrence in the different groups. Urinary tract infection combined with a metabolic disorder appear to make the evolution from small kidney stone to staghorn stone a reality.