Incidencia de litiasis renal en pacientes que se realicen URO-TC simple en el Centro de Diagnóstico Medimagen. Cuenca febrero - julio 2017

Abstract

Multislice computed tomography allows high resolution images both spatially and temporally, and this technique allows us to perform multiplanar and three-dimensional reconstructions of very high diagnostic quality. This is why Uro-tomography (URO-CT) became the technique of choice for assessing the urinary tract, this made the traditional urography replaced by this new imaging technique.

A cross-sectional descriptive study was performed to determine the incidence of renal lithiasis in patients who underwent simple Uro-Tc at the "Medimagen" diagnostic center. Cuenca February - July 2017. The universe consisted of 278 radiological reports of patients between 20-69 years of age, in which the variables of age, sex, lithium size, number of calculations, type of calculation (chemical composition), and location in the pathway Urinary tract infection. The information was collected using a pre-prepared form.

The data were analyzed using the statistical software program SPSS v23, and the tables were elaborated in Excel 2016. According to this it was observed that of the total number of patients who underwent uro-tc for presumptive diagnosis of renal lithiasis, 63% presented the pathology, corresponding to 175 patients among men (82 people) and women (93 people). The age ranges with the highest frequency of lithiasis were between 40-49 years (23%). With 21% of patients between 50-59 years and 20% of patients between 30-39 years.

It was verified that the highest incidences of calculations were of the calcium type with 47% (82 people), followed by 44 people (25%) who presented uric acid calculations. Seventy-one percent (125 people) were lithosms less than 10 mm, the highest frequency in relation to the number of stones was 57% (99 people) with single stones in the urinary tract, which were more frequent in the right kidney with 24.57% (43 people)