Demographics, stone characteristic, and treatment of urinary calculi at the 47th Combat Support Hospital during the first 6 months of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

摘要: There are few publications describing urolithiasis in deployed military personnel. Renal colic was the most common urologic indication for air evacuation from 47th Combat Support Hospital during first 6 months of Operation Iraqi Freedom and we describe our observations experience herein. Institutional review board approval obtained to create a database patients presenting with urolithiasis. Patient demographics, stone characteristic, imaging modality, urinalysis results, treatment course, outcomes were evaluated 182 patients. Sixty percent qualified conservative spontaneous passage documented 28%. We conclude that therapy is safe appropriate initial majority personnel urinary calculi, however, many lost follow-up. No patient treated conservatively required admission sepsis, azotemia, or other serious stone-related complication.