Calcium oxalate precipitation in urine following T.U.R. with glycine as irrigation fluid.
Precipitation of calcium oxalate was studied in a group of ten patients who underwent transurethral prostatectomy with glycine irrigation. Post operatively all patients showed hyperoxaluria; 60% with oxaluria higher than 10 times the critical concentration of calcium oxalate in urine. Other factors, known to favour crystallogenesis were modified during the same period: low urinary output, relative hypercalciuria and uraturia and hypomagnesuria. Thus, conditions for intraluminal precipitation of calcium oxalate were present post operatively. We suggest the use of a xanthine oxidase inhibitor to prevent hyperoxaluria.
Arvieux
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CC
Department of Anesthetics, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Grenoble, France.
Rambeaud
J J
JJ
Denis
M C
MC
Sirajedine
K
K
Alibeu
J P
JP
Faure
G
G
D000368:Aged; D002129:Calcium Oxalate / Q000652:urine*; D003404:Creatinine / Q000652:urine; D005998:Glycine; D006801:Humans; D007677:Kidney Function Tests; D008274:Magnesium / Q000652:urine; D008297:Male; D010710:Phosphates / Q000652:urine; D011468:Prostatectomy / Q000379:methods*; D014527:Uric Acid / Q000652:urine
D010710:Phosphates; D002129:Calcium Oxalate; D014527:Uric Acid; D003404:Creatinine; D008274:Magnesium; D005998:Glycine