Characteristics of patients with staghorn calculi in our experience
| Autor: | Tatsuo Hanzawa, Yoshikazu Sato, Mikio Koroku, Toshikazu Nitta, Keigo Akagashi, Hisao Nakajima, Shuji Kato, Shigeki Ohnishi, Akihito Nanbu, Hitoshi Tanda |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Calcium Phosphates Male medicine.medical_specialty Struvite Urology Urinary system Magnesium Compounds Hyperuricemia Urine Kidney Phosphates Kidney Calculi Catheters Indwelling Modified Rankin Scale Activities of Daily Living medicine Humans Hypercalciuria Aged Retrospective Studies Cystinuria Calcium Oxalate business.industry Retrospective cohort study Hydrogen-Ion Concentration Middle Aged medicine.disease Uric Acid medicine.anatomical_structure Urinary Tract Infections Calcium Female business |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Urology. 11:276-281 |
| ISSN: | 1442-2042 0919-8172 |
| Popis: | Purpose: To elucidate the factors contributing to staghorn stone formation in patients. Materials and Methods: The records of 82 patients (44 men and 38 women) with complete staghorn calculi were reviewed retrospectively for clinical presentation, metabolic disturbances and anatomical abnormalities. Results: There were 79 unilateral and three bilateral cases. The patient performance of the activities of daily life was assessed with the modified Rankin scale (MRS) and it was found that 69 patients were functionally independent (84.1%, MRS 0–1) and 10 patients had a severe disability (12.2%, MRS 4–5). Seven patients had chronic indwelling catheters (8.5%). A positive urine culture was found in 24.4% of patients. Analysis of stone composition revealed magnesium ammonium phosphate and mixed calcium oxalate-phosphate were the most frequently identified types of stone (32.1% and 22.2%, respectively). Urinary pH was low in patients with uric acid stones (mean 5.4). Hyperuricemia, cystinuria and hypercalciuria were found in 14.6%, 2.4% and 37.8%, respectively. Hypercalciuria was found more frequently in calcium-stone cases. Eleven patients (13.4%) showed structural abnormalities of the kidney. Conclusions: Our data show that the patients with severe disability, urinary tract infection and hypercalciuria could be recognized more frequently in staghorn calculi compared with common urolithiasis. However, in Western countries, the frequency of both urinary tract infection and struvite stones is much higher than in our data. Other Japanese authors have also reported the low frequency of struvite stones in staghorn calculi, suggesting that various factors other than urinary tract infection possibly contribute to the formation of staghorn calculi in Japan. |
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