UROLITHIASIS

Article is dedicated to outpatient management of adults and children with urolithiasis. We have developed standards of equipment and recomendations of outpatient clinics managing urolithiasis based on our own long-term clinical experience analysis and international publications. Suggested protocol corresponds to basic aspects of diagnostic and treatment of patients with utolithiasis in outpatient conditions. Diagnostic and therapy procedures are divided into obligate and additional, used in children, young patients and in complicated patients.

Introduction. Urolithiasis incidence varies greatly in different countries (1-5% in Asia, 5-9% in Europe, 13% in Nothern America, up to 20% in Saudi Arabia). Nevertheless epidemiological researches in 10 countries showed similarity in metabolic types of lithiasis structure. Materials and methods. Chemical compound of 1719 calculi was analyzed.