Measurement of Ureteric Stones usingComputed Tomography

Abstract

Thisis descriptive study was conductedduring the period from October2017 to January2018 in Khartoum state at Ribat universal hospital. The aim of this study was to measurement of ureteric stones using CT. This study carried out in a sample of 50 patients(42 males (84%) and 8 females (16%)) who underwent to CTKUB examination for ureteric stonesby usingCT scan machine (Neusoft: Neuviz16), Multi-Slice CT Scanner System using laserprinter with Agfa film. The main results of this study were that mean+STD of all samples of ureteric stones ,the ages (36.62+ 19.5154) years, ureteric stones size(8.6+3.200)mm ,width of ureter above ureteric stones (13.05+ 6,84180)mm ,width of ureter below ureteric stones (5.6+ 2.14641)mm and HU (376.9+ 266.102)at P value0,01. The concluded ofthis study were that the ureteric stones size measurement increased with age, and the width of ureter above and below ureteric stones increased with ureteric stones size (the width of ureter above ureteric stones more increased), also the study showed that the ureteric stones more affected the males than females. The study showed that the HU increased with ureteric stone size, andtype of ureteric stones depends on HU. The study recommended the future studies should be done with other modalities (magnetic resonance imaging (MRI))\ultra sound (US)).