Abstract
Introduction: Urolithiasis is a very common pathology in the world. Its epidemiological profile varies from one region to another. In Africa in general and in the Congo in particular, it seems to be unknown. Objective: To determine the sociodemographic, diagnostic, therapeutic and evolutionary paraclinical parameters of 167 adult patients with urolithiasis. Patients and Methods: Cross-sectional, descriptive, retrospective study conducted in the urology department of Brazzaville University Hospital over a period of five years. We studied sociodemographic, therapeutic and evolutive. Results: During the study period 167 patients were treated for urolithiasis out of 2236 patients, a hospital frequency of 7.46%. The sex ratio M/F was 1.49. The average age of the patients was 42.05 years. They were overweight and/or obese in 53% of cases. Workers accounted for 46.53% of cases, with a low socio-economic level (42.5%) and a lower level of education (68.31%). There was a high percentage of complications, dominated by hydronephrosis (66.33%) and urinary tract infection (59.4%). The treatment was surgical in the majority of cases or 74.8%. Thirty-three patients had a lithiasis recurrence, a frequency of 19.7%. Conclusion: Urolithiasis is common. Being overweight is the most found risk factor. Lithiasis recurrence affects nearly one in five patients.
Highlights
Urolithiasis is a very common pathology in the world
Patients and Methods: Cross-sectional, descriptive, retrospective study conducted in the urology department of Brazzaville University Hospital over a period of five years
While several studies in Congo have been conducted in particular on open-air surgery in urolithiasis [6], UL of children [7] and lithiasis of the upper urinary tract [8], none of them has been devoted to the epidemiological profile of UL. It is in this perspective that we proposed to carry out this study with the objective of describing the epidemiological profile of UL in the urology department of the CHUB
Summary
Urolithiasis is a very common pathology in the world. Results: During the study period 167 patients were treated for urolithiasis out of 2236 patients, a hospital frequency of 7.46%. The average age of the patients was 42.05 years. They were overweight and/or obese in 53% of cases. In Africa, its prevalence is little known due to a low attendance of hospital structures and the absence of a study extended to the population [4]. Several indicators tend to show its increase due to global climate change, increasing socio-economic status, westernization of diet and lifestyle [5]
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