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).
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).