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. 2000 May;50(5):145-8.

Chemical composition of upper renal tract calculi in Multan

M Rafique  1 , R A Bhutta, A Rauf, I A Chaudhry
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  • PMID: 11242712

Chemical composition of upper renal tract calculi in Multan

M Rafique et al. J Pak Med Assoc. 2000 May.

Abstract

Objective: To study the chemical composition of upper renal tract (renal and ureteric) calculi in Multan.

Setting: Department of Urology, Nishtar Hospital, Multan.

Study period: September 1992 to February 1999.

Material and methods: A total of 700 renal and ureteric calculi were analyzed by chemical method of Hodgkinson.

Results: The commonest were uric acid (28.1%) calculi, followed in frequency by calcium oxalate calculi (26.1%), mixed calculi containing calcium oxalate and uric acid (21.8%) and calculi containing calcium oxalate and calcium phosphate (10.4%). Other variety of calculi were less common.

Conclusion: Uric acid, calcium oxalate and mixed uric acid and calcium oxalate calculi are the main types in Multan region (JPMA 50:145, 2000).

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