[Open surgery of the urinary tract calculi at the university hospital of Brazzaville: analysis of 68 cases].

AIMS To report epidemiological, clinical, and outcome of surgical therapeutic aspect of urinary calculi in our department.

PATIENTS AND METHODS This survey, retrospective, has been achieved from june 2000 to may 2004. It concerned 68 patients carriers of the urinary calculi, confirmed radiologically and operated.

RESULTS The patients carriers of the urinary calculi represented 7,3%. There was 52 men (76,47%) an 16 women (23,53%).The average age of the patient was 52,13 years (extreme : 14 et 82 years). Symptoms at the diagnostic was : atypical abdominal pen (n=18), dysuria (n=15), hematuria (n=15), la pollakiuria (n=9), nephretic colic (n=15), urinary retention (n=26). The location of urinary calculi was vesical (n=47), renal (n=8), pyelic (n=12), ureteral (n=1). All our patients was operated. The operative continuations one summer simple in 58 cases, and complicate of pariatal suppuration in 7 cases. Mortality was of 3 cases.

CONCLUSION The urinary lithiasis is little frequent. The open surgery is the only surgical technique that is practiced in our context.