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Experimental Techniques in Urology & Nephrology

Urolithiasis: The Importance of the Post-Analytical Biochemical Process in Disease Diagnosis and Prevention

Submission: March 10, 2018; Published: April 05, 2018

DOI: 10.31031/ETUN.2018.01.000524

ISSN: 2578-0395
Volume1 Issue5

Abstract

Urolithiasis is a pathology that has increased its incidence and prevalence in the last quarter of the 20th century. It is among the three most frequent urinary tract illnesses together with urinary infection and prostate benign disease [1], its recurrence rate being high as well [2]. Patients suffering urolithiasis need repeated hospital surgery and admission. Also, people who endure this disease are subject to repeated convalescence periods, being isolated from their routine activities and, in some cases, they even get to lose their kidneys unless they undergo the appropriate treatment. Its idiopathic origin is assumed in 50% of the cases [3]. However, multiple factors such as age, sex, race, diet, geography location, occupation, body mass index, among others, are associated with this disease [4].

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