CONSTITUENTS OF URINARY CALCULI IN SUDANESE PATIENTS. IN KHARTOUM STATE

Abstract

This prospective study was done during the period March to May 2010. It determine the chemical composition of the urinary stones, which was removed surgically from urinary system of fourty patients, males and females, their ages between 20-70 years, attended Ibnsina Hospital (Khartoum state ). Blood samples were collected from those patients before surgical operation for determination of serum calcium aric acid levels. Serum calcium and urate were found to be normal according to normal ...... of national health, in all patients in this study (mean, ± SD: 8.5 ± 0.4 and 5.5 ± 0.3 mg/dL) respectively. Most of the stone removed from kidneys were found to be small in size (less than 1 cm diameter) those removed from the ureter were found to be (less than 2cm), while most of those removed from the urinary bladder were large in size (diameter more than 2cm). It was concluded that most of the urinary stone contain mainly calcium and uric acid in association with normal level of serum calcium and urate. Urinary stone are more common in male compare to female. Most of the urinary stones were found in the 20-40 age group compared to other age group