title: The importance of potassium citrate and potassium bicarbonate in the treatment of uric acid renal stones.
abstract: Uric acid calculi can also be treated without surgery, with simple medical lytic therapy. After appropriate dietary adjustments and add of mineral water, the needed amount of alkali supplementation can increase pH values of the urine in order to dissolve the stones. Treatment should be prolonged to prevent stone recurrence. A case of bilateral renal uric acid stones that were successfully treated by alakalizing treatment was presented.
authors.affiliation: Operative Unit of Urology, Ospedale Giovanni Paolo II, Sciacca. barbera.mic@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Barbera
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tsirgiotis
authors.forename: Mauro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Barbera
authors.forename: Quintino
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Paola
mesh_terms: D001639:Bicarbonates / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000737:chemistry / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019357:Potassium Citrate / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D017680:Potassium Compounds / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014527:Uric Acid / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D001639:Bicarbonates; D017680:Potassium Compounds; D014527:Uric Acid; D019357:Potassium Citrate; C026329:potassium bicarbonate