title: The surgical significance of the proteus stone.
abstract: 62 patients with staghorn calculi who underwent conservative surgery at the Liverpool Regional Urological Centre since 1962 have been reviewed. The evidence shows that stone disease due to proteus is more rapidly progressive than that due to other organisms. Recurrences of proteus stones continue to behave in the same manner. Complete kidney clearance at operation is an essential part of the management of these stones, if renal substance is to be preserved.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D011512:Proteus Infections / Q000150:complications*; D012008:Recurrence