Glycine irrigation and urinary oxalate excretion.
The short-term effect of glycine supplementation on urinary oxalate excretion was studied. An intravenous infusion of 1 litre of a solution of 2.2% glycine, 1.5% glycine + 1% ethanol or 5% mannitol (control) was given on 13 occasions to 5 healthy volunteers. Glycine irrigation was used in 9 patients undergoing transurethral prostatic resection and the absorption of irrigant was measured volumetrically (range 0-2.71). The results suggest that glycine irrigation in transurethral prostatic surgery does not raise the urinary oxalate level in the early post-operative period.
Hahn
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Department of Anaesthesiology, Huddinge University Hospital, Sweden.
D000042:Absorption; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000431:Ethanol; D005998:Glycine / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010070:Oxalates / Q000652:urine*; D011468:Prostatectomy; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation; D001743:Urinary Bladder
D010070:Oxalates; D000431:Ethanol; D005998:Glycine