title: [Epidemiology of urinary lithiasis].
abstract: The objective of this study was to analyse the epidemiological profile of urinary stones based on one thousand cases observed in our institution over a 10-year period. The mean age of the patients was 45 years and two-thirds of patients were males. The kidney was the commonest site of stones, in 57.8% of cases. The stone was radiopaque in 86.4% of cases and was a staghorn calculus in 12.2% of cases. An associated renal malformation was observed in 10.4% of cases. Urinary stones is therefore a common disease, essentially observed in a young population and characterized by recurrence. It therefore constitutes a public health problem and prevention consists of detecting recurrences and treating stone-inducing factors.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Urologie, CHU Ibn Rochd. Casablanca, Maroc.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Joual
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rais
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rabii
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: el Mrini
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Benjelloun
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011247:Pregnancy; D012008:Recurrence; D012621:Seasons; D012737:Sex Factors; D014545:Urinary Calculi / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology
vernacular_title: Epidémiologie de la lithiase urinaire.