Observations on lower urinary tract calculi in children.
Lower urinary tract calculi are rare in American children. In 20 years 26 children with bladder or urethral stones have been treated. Boys outnumbered girls by 3 to 1. All patients had urinary tract infection. Most patients harbored phosphatic calculi and had urinary tract anomalies or neurogenic dysfunction. Calculi were managed surgically in 25 children. Only 2 children suffered from recurrent vesical calculi.
D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014545:Urinary Calculi / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*; D014567:Urography