RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Pediatric Urolithiases: A Ten-Year Review
JF Pediatrics
JO Pediatrics
FD American Academy of Pediatrics
SP 1068
OP 1072
VO 65
IS 6
A1 Walther, Peter C.
A1 Lamm, Donald
A1 Kaplan, George W.
YR 1980
UL http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/65/6/1068.abstract
AB Sixty-one children who presented with urinary calculi between 1967 and 1977 were reviewed. The overall incidence of calculus disease in our patients was higher than reported previously from other centers in this country. Because presenting symptoms varied, a high index of suspicion was often required for diagnosis. Stones of infection were the most common type identified. Inasmuch as the recurrence rate of calculi in children was low (6.5%), careful consideration of time and cost is warrented before extensive evaluation for metabolic causes of stone formation is undertaken. Immobilization was an important factor in the etiology of stone disease. Most stones less than 5 mm in size passed without surgery.