DOI: 10.36347/sasjm.2015.v01i01.001

Pages: Page: 1-6

Urolithiasis is a world-wide problem, but the incidence differs depending upon geographical location, race, heredity, climate, congenital anomalies of urinary organs, inborn errors of metabolism, age, sex, etc. in India the incidence of urolithiasis is higher in northern states compared to that in southern states. The aim and objectives of the study were to evaluate the patient with upper urinary tract stones in terms of incidence, clinical presentation, age and sex distribution and tostudy various predisposing factors and chemical composition of upper urinary tract stones. The material for the clinical study of upper urinary tract stones was taken from the cases admitted to Department of General Surgery; Shimoga Institute of Medical Sciences, Shimoga in the period of April 2014 to March 2015. As a routine for the cases of upper urinary tract stones, the patients are subjected to physical examination, routine investigations and ultrasonography of the abdomen. The patients are then subjected to either forced diuresis or surgical procedures like pyelolithotomy or ureterolitholomy or nephrectomy depending upon the size and location of the calculus and extent of renal damage.