J Korean Radiol Soc.  1995 Jan;32(1):165-168.

Urinary Tract Stone in Patients with Spinal Cord Injury: A Retrospective Radiological Study

• Lee JK
• Yun EJ
• Shin HJ

Abstract

PURPOSE
To compare the incidence between author's first and current report on urinary tract stone in patient with spinal cord injury and to evaluate the effectiveness of recent developed in medical technology and care on in treating the patients.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
We reviewed urinary tract stone in 257 patients with paraplegia or quadriplegia after spinal cord injury. These patients were diagnosed retrospectively by KUB and intravenous urography at the Korea Veterans Hospital during 10years from January, 1984 to December, 1993. We evaluated and compared the overall incidence, incidence of specific location of urinary tract, recurrent rate, incidence according to the level of spinal cord injury, and the duration of development in urinary tract stone.
RESULTS
Total patients were 257 with 186(72.4%) paraplegia and 71(27.6%)quadriplegia. Overall incidence of the stone was 16.0% in this study and 38.1% in the first study. Incidence of the stone in individual organ ;5.5% in kidney, 1.2% in ureter, and 13.6% in urinary bladder. The recurrent rate was 29.3% in this study and 40.6% in the first study. Incidence of the stone according to the level of spinal cord injury was as follows;15.6% in cervix, 17.1% in upper thorax, 17.9% in lower thorax and 13.9% in lumbar. The stone developed during the first 4 years and between 12 to 16 years following spinal cord injury was 28.3% each.
CONCLUSION
Overall incidence and recurrent rate of urinary tract stone was obviously decreased since the first study. Highest incidence of the stone occurred in urinary bladder and in patient with lower thoracic spinal cord injury, which is similar to first report. Peak incidence of the stone was in the first 4years, and another peak was in 12-16years after spinal cord injury. The decreased overall incidence of urinary tract stone maybe attributable to the development in medical technology and care, and active rehabilitation.

MeSH Terms

Cervix Uteri
Female
Hospitals, Veterans
Humans
Incidence
Kidney
Korea
Paraplegia
Quadriplegia
Rehabilitation
Retrospective Studies*
Spinal Cord Injuries*
Spinal Cord*
Thorax
Ureter
Urinary Bladder
Urinary Calculi*
Urinary Tract*
Urography