To the Editor,Nephrolithiasis is characterized by a composite pathology involving low urine volume,excess solute secretion,urinary pH changes,and lack of crystal formation inhibitors.1 Distal renal tubular acidosis pr...
Background: Urolithiasis remains a common urological problem in many parts of the world. Physiological as well as pathological changes in the body accounts for the development of urinary stones. Most of the stones for...
BACKGROUND Urinary sepsis is frequently seen in patients with diabetes mellitus(DM)complicated with upper urinary tract calculi(UUTCs).Currently,the known risk factors of urinary sepsis are not uniform.AIM To analyze ...
Background and Aim: Ever since the first-ever laparoscopic nephrectomy performed in 1991 by Clayman, laparoscopy has become the technique of choice for benign renal pathologies and also for cancerous lesions. In this ...
Objective: to observe the therapeutic effect of plantain on calcium oxalate stone in urinary system of rats. Methods: rats were randomly divided into four groups: normal group, calcium oxalate stone model group, Paish...
Objectives:To retrospectively determine which objective measurements had an increased likelihood of requiring immediate surgical intervention in patients presenting to the emergency department(ED)with acute ureteral c...
BACKGROUND Upper urinary tract stones are very common in my country,with an incidence of 1%to 5%in the North and an even higher incidence of 5%to 10%in the south.The incidence rate in the south is higher than that in ...
supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(81974503 and 81871095);the National Key R&D Program of China(2018YFC2000304);the Key International S&T Cooperation Program of China(2016YFE0113700);the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Program(633589);the Natural Science Foundation of Beijing,China(7202096);the Tsinghua University independent research program(7191007,China)。
Although primary vesical calculi is an ancient disease,the mechanism of calculi formation remains unclear.In this study,we established a novel primary vesical calculi model with D,L-choline tartrate in mice.Compared w...
Objective: To evaluate the role of the laparoscopic approach in the management of pelvic calculi in a urology centre in Douala, Cameroon. Materials and Methods: This was a retrospecti...