[Open surgery of the urinary tract calculi at the university hospital of Brazzaville: analysis of 68 cases]. / Chirurgie a Ciel Ouvert de la Lithiase Urinaire au CHU de Brazzaville : Analyse de 68 Cas.

ABSTRACT

AIMS: To report epidemiological, clinical, and outcome of surgical therapeutic aspect of urinary calculi in our department. PATIENTS AND METHODS: This survey, retrospective, has been achieved from june 2000 to may 2004. It concerned 68 patients carriers of the urinary calculi, confirmed radiologically and operated. RESULTS: The patients carriers of the urinary calculi represented 7,3%. There was 52 men (76,47%) an 16 women (23,53%).The average age of the patient was 52,13 years (extreme 14 et 82 years). Symptoms at the diagnostic was atypical abdominal pen (n=18), dysuria (n=15), hematuria (n=15), la pollakiuria (n=9), nephretic colic (n=15), urinary retention (n=26). The location of urinary calculi was vesical (n=47), renal (n=8), pyelic (n=12), ureteral (n=1). All our patients was operated. The operative continuations one summer simple in 58 cases, and complicate of pariatal suppuration in 7 cases. Mortality was of 3 cases. CONCLUSION: The urinary lithiasis is little frequent. The open surgery is the only surgical technique that is practiced in our context.