[Staghorn or complex calculi: medical considerations].
International classification of staghorn calculi is always lacking. French classification is described. Physiopatholgy of staghorn calculi is based on urinary infection. Staghorn stones in emerging countries will be composed frequently of calcium oxalate. Recurrent urinary infection and urinary stasis favour staghorn stone formation and are clinically significant. Medical treatment is rather uneffective. Only antibiotics and elimination of all residual fragments could be recommended.
Saussine
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Service d'urologie, hôpital Civil, 1, place de l'Hôpital, 67091 Strasbourg cedex, France. Christian.Saussine@chru-strasbourg.fr
Lechevallier
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Traxer
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D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D007670:Kidney Calices