ISSN:
1434-0879
Keywords:
Urolithiasis
;
Kidney transplantation
;
Hyperparathyroidism
;
Crystallography
;
X-ray diffraction studies
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Summary Urolithiasis is a rare complication following kidney transplantation. Experience with this complication in 6 of 426 transplantations performed from 1968 to 1979 is reviewed. The clinical symptoms are different from the disease in non-transplant patients. Three major predisposing causes for the development of calculi after kidney transplantation were found in our patients — urodynamic disorders following complications of the ureterovesical anastomosis, persistent bacteriuria and renal tubular acidosis and, less importantly, the presence of hypertacemia and hypercalciuria as a result of secondary hyperparathyroidism. Crystal-optical and x-ray-diffraction studies contributed to the interpretation of the constituents and texture of the calculi and of the aetiological factors concerned.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00256996
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