THE URINARY STONES UNIT

 

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        The department houses the Renal Stone Unit to which most Urologists and consultant surgeon refer cases with Urolithasis for biochemical investigations that includes blood, 24 hrs urine and  qualitative stone analysis. 

     Since starting work, the unit performed detailed investigations for 196 patients with urinary calculi, and the work of the unit concludes:

   

   First:

          Quantitative and Qualitative stone analysis

   

  1.     Qualitative analysis:

      Includes identification of the types of urinary calculi through the following biochemical investigation:

   

  Uric acid stone

  Ca oxalate stone

  Calcium phosphate stone

  Magnesium ammononim phosphate stone

  Mixed stone

   

         2. Quantitative analysis:

    It allows the identifications of the composition of urinary calculi including:

   

  1. Calcium.

  2. Magnesium.

  3. Phosphate.

  4. Oxalate.

  5. Ammonium.

  6. Carbonate.

  7. Uric acid.

   

   Second:

   

      Serum investigations, includes :

  1.     Serum calcium.

  2.     Serum phosphate.

  3.     Serum uric acid.

  4.     Serum creatinine.

  5.     serum megnesum.

   

    Third:

   

          Urine analysis, includes:

         1.  Urine calcium.

  2.     Urine phosphate.

  3.     Urine uric acid.

  4.     Urine creatinine.

         5.Urine megnesum