Urolithiasis treatment with BRT

AUTHORS : Gotovsky Yu.V. | Moskaleva O.V.

RELEVANT UNIVERSITIES : Moscow, Russia

YEAR : 2004 | Category : Method of Treatment

Urolithiasis – a disease characterized by the formation of stones in the renal cups, pelvis, bladder and ureters. Nephrolithiasis is a common pathology in the Moscow region. Patients with renal stone disease make up 40% of the total number of patients with diseases of the urinary system. A significant number of patients require surgical treatment. 45% of all kidney and ureteral surgeries are performed for nephrolithiasis.

Kidney stones are equally common in men and women. Stones of the right kidney are more common. The percentage of bilateral nephrolithiasis reaches 50. Stones can vary in size, structure, and chemical composition. The sizes and weights of stones are varied – from millet grain to 12 cm. The number of stones is also different. D.P. Kuznetsky gives a case of 40,000 stones in one kidney (1911). Urolithiasis is polyethiologic.

It was found that the development of the disease the following factors significantly affect: lack of vitamin A, affecting the urinary tract, its desquamation comp and organic base for the formation of salt precipitation; epithelium formation infection of the urinary tract with microorganisms such as intestinal coli, staphylococcus, proteus, etc.

With pyelonephritis, 70% of patients suffer from urolithiasis; violation of urination, delayed excretion of urine; change in urine pH, contributing to the appearance hardly soluble salts the formation of molecules of a pathologically altered nucleoprotein, which stretch into long threads, are not reabsorbed, accumulate in the urine and form a compound in the form of a mucous clot, which is the basis for the subsequent crystallization of salts; hyperparathyroidism, leading to impaired calcium phosphate metabolism. Stone formation is due to a decrease in the content of protective colloids in the urine.