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Urinary stones in Kelantan, Malaysia--a two year review

Lim KG 1 , Edward RH 2 , McAll GLG 3 , Thaung M 4 , Wahad NA 5 , Arimainayagam G 6

Affiliations 

  • 1 KG Lim, MBChB, Medical Officer. Department of Surgery, Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia, 16150 Kola Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia
  • 2 RH Edward, FRCS, Lecturer. Department of Surgery, Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia, 16150 Kola Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia
  • 3 GLG McAlI, MA, FRCS, Lecturer. Department of Surgery, Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia, 16150 Kola Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia
  • 4 Mya Thaung, MBSS, Medical Officer. Department of Surgery, Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia, 16150 Kola Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia
  • 5 Nor Akmal Wahab, MSc, Lecturer. Department of Chemical Pathology, The Medical School Universiti Sains Malaysia, Minden, Penang, Malaysia
  • 6 Gheetha Arimainayagam, MD, Lecturer. Department of Chemical Pathology, The Medical School Universiti Sains Malaysia, Minden, Penang, Malaysia
Singapore Med J, 1988 Aug;29(4):353-6.
PMID: 3249962

Abstract

216 patients were found to have had surgery for urinary calculi In a retrospective analysis of surgical records of the two general hospitals in Kelantan over a two year period. Excluding 11 patients from Terengganu and 2 patients resident in Kelantan for less than 1 year, this amounts to an annual incidence for calculus surgery of 10 per 100,000 residents per year. Lower urinary tract (LT) calculi (143) were more common than upper urinary tract (UT) calculi (71). There was an overwhelming majority of males among patients operated on for LT calculi (ratio of males:females = 1.2:1). The mean age of patients with UT calculi was 44 years, while that of LT calculi was 51 years.

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