Prevalencia de la litiasis renal diagnosticado por uro tac simple en pacientes del Hospital "José Carrasco Arteaga" Cuenca. Junio 2011 - junio 2012

Abstract

Multislice computed tomography produces images of high spatial and temporal resolution as well as three-dimensional multiplanar reconstructions and high quality, which has made the Computed Tomography Urography (URO-CT) to become the technique of choice for evaluation tract urinary, virtually replacing the traditional urography.The URO-CT allows comprehensive assessment (urinary tract collecting system, ureters, and bladder).

We conducted a study to determine the prevalence of diagnosed Uro Renal lithiasis simple Tac José Carrasco Hospital patients Arteaga-Basin in 2011-2012.

The universe consisted of number of charts of patients aged 20-79 years diagnosed with kidney stones, were considered the variables age, sex, imaging characteristics, density and the most common site of injury. The information was collected using a previously developed form. For processing and analysis of the results was used statistical software Spss v-20 and Excel 2010.

The results were: kidney stones were more frequent in the age group of 30-39 years to 27%, the most affected sex was male with 55.35%, the 89.30% of the density calculations was hyperdense, the most frequent location was in the renal calyx (40.38%), the 77.01% of the calculations had a diameter greater than 3 mm and litho type was the most common with 37.70% calcium.

KEY WORDS: KIDNEY STONES, KIDNEY, UROLITHIASIS, LITHO, CT SCAN, URO TAC.