When a calculus travels from the renal pelvis into the ureter, complete or partial ibstruction result, with characteristic accompanying symptoms. The predominant feature is colic, usually an acute event leading to early medical intervention. As the colic subsides the aim of further treatment becomes ...
Analysis was restricted to those patients with a pre-treatment non-contrast CT scan conducted at our center demonstrating a solitary renal or ureteric calculus ≤20mm in maximal diameter. Successful treatment of renal stones was defined as those patients who were stone free or had asymptomatic, ...
Conclusions Renal stones can present with colicky pain, haematuria, urinary retention, nausea and vomiting and presentation vary with position of calculus.VANJANI, SNEHASNEHABHIMSENVANJANIAustralasian Medical Journal
General characteristics of all patients were recorded like age, gender, side, size and location of calculus, height, weight and BMI. Investigations like serum creatinine, urinalysis with urine culture, ultrasonography, plain X-ray of the kidneys, ureter, and bladder (KUB) and computed tomography ...
About 22% of all urinary calculus locate in the ureter, of which about 68% are found in the distal ureter [6]. In the past 20 years, various therapy methods for LUTS/BPH and lower ureteric stones were developed, which included observation, drug treatment and surgical procedures [7–10]....
It gives details of the pelvicalyceal system, renal parenchyma, ureteric dilation and occasionally the calculus itself (Fig. 2). It may diagnose alternative pathology (bowel obstruction, appendicitis, placental abruption or inflammatory bowel disease) also [32]. Fig. 2 Right ureteric stone detected...
Surprisingly, this scan revealed a small left lower calyx renal calculus with no evidence of ureteric stone (Figure 2). Figure 1 CT-KUB scan showing the stone location on December 2, 2015. Abbreviation: CT-KUB, computerized tomography kidney ureter bladder. Figure 2 CT-KUB scan showing the ...
Ureteric stone with colic is a common Urological emergency, Ureteroscopy with intra corporeal lithotripsy is a proven method of treatment and it is not free of complications. Recently medical expulsive therapy with drugs has been used which reduces the symptoms and helps in stone expulsion. We ...
THE RADIOLOGICAL ASPECT OF THE TREATMENT OF URETERIC CALCULUSdoi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.1938.tb45244.xD. G. MaitlandSydneyJohn Wiley & Sons, LtdMedical Journal of Australia
However, it is negated by both the cost burden and potential risk to the patient. Medical Expulsive Therapy (MET) is a treatment option for upto 10 mm stones but has failure rates of 40-60% in the literature. Aim: To analyse the various indications for ...