Korean J Urol.  1978 Dec;19(6):537-543.

A Statistical Study of Recurrent Urolithiasis Preliminary Report

• Lee NK
• Kim DH

Abstract

A statistical analysis was made on patient of recurrent urinary stones during the period from May 1972 to April 1977 in the Department of Urology of Han Yang University Hospital and the results were obtained as following: 1. Among the 894 patient of in-patient, 290 patient were urinary stone patients (32.8 %). 2. The recurrent patients were 11 (20%), with the follow-up period from 1 year to 10 years, in whom follow-up was possible. 3. The most common age group of recurrent stones were from 20 to 40 years old ( 72.8%). 4. The mean period from primary stone to recurrent stone was 4.4 years. 5. Among the recurrent patient, 2 were prolonged recumbency patients and one had duplicated ureter. Others were idiopathic recurrent stones. 6. If the primary stone was removed by operation, recurrent stone was some hard to be passed spontaneously.

Keyword

urolithiasis

MeSH Terms

Adult
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Statistics as Topic*
Ureter
Urinary Calculi
Urolithiasis*
Urology