Chemical composition of upper renal tract calculi in Multan.
OBJECTIVE
To study the chemical composition of upper renal tract (renal and ureteric) calculi in Multan.


METHODS
Department of Urology, Nishtar Hospital, Multan.


METHODS
September 1992 to February 1999.


METHODS
A total of 700 renal and ureteric calculi were analyzed by chemical method of Hodgkinson.


RESULTS
The commonest were uric acid (28.1%) calculi, followed in frequency by calcium oxalate calculi (26.1%), mixed calculi containing calcium oxalate and uric acid (21.8%) and calculi containing calcium oxalate and calcium phosphate (10.4%). Other variety of calculi were less common.


CONCLUSIONS
Uric acid, calcium oxalate and mixed uric acid and calcium oxalate calculi are the main types in Multan region (JPMA 50:145, 2000).
Department of Urology, Pathology, Nishtar Medical College, Multan.
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