title: Recurrent and residual renal calculi in children.
abstract: One hundred and thirteen children with non-metabolic urinary tract calculi were operated on between 1960 and 1983. One hundred were followed up for 3 to 17 years (mean 8.2). Seventeen children (15%) developed recurrent calculi after complete clearance at the initial operation and in 13 of these the stones recurred within 5 years. Proteus urinary infection was a constant feature of stone recurrence. Five patients required re-operation for removal of the recurrent calculus. Small residual caliceal fragments were left behind in 17 children but only 3 required surgical removal.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Surgery, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: MacDonald
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Azmy
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D011512:Proteus Infections / Q000150:complications; D012008:Recurrence; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000150:complications