Endourology and Stones100% Uric Acid Stone Formers: What Makes Them Different?
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Design
We identified patients from a retrospective review of an institutional review board–approved kidney stone database. Patients who had a UA component to their stone and who had completed a 24-hour urine stone risk profile within 3 months of their stone analysis were selected for the study. Twenty-four-hour urine profiles were performed by the Cleveland Clinic Department of Laboratory Medicine. Specimens were refrigerated before analysis, which was subsequently performed at 37°C with phosphate
Results
A total of 308 patients were identified (65% male) with a mean age of 57 ± 12 years and mean body mass index (BMI) of 31 ± 7.8 kg/m2. Overall, 91 patients had 100% UA stones, 55 had 60%-90% UA stones, 12 had 30%-50% UA stones, and 150 had 10%-20% UA stones (Table 1). The most common secondary component of non-100% UA stones was calcium oxalate. Patients with 100% UA stones were older than those with 10%-20% UA stones (60 vs 55 years; P = .05). Patients had a higher BMI if their stone was 100%
Comment
Previous studies have used a combination of radiographic and urinary parameters in an attempt to define stone composition in the absence of a direct analysis of stone composition from a stone that has been surgically removed or spontaneously passed.8, 9, 10 However, it has also been demonstrated that these measures, such as computed tomography attenuation values, vary widely depending on the scanner model used.11 These studies have used varying percentages of UA stone composition; none focused
Conclusion
Patients with 100% UA stones are older, heavier, and have a higher serum UA level and lower urinary pH than patients with mixed-stone composition. Urinary UA is not significantly different among groups. Defining associations such as these will enable development of clinical algorithms, in combination with radiographic appearance that facilitate prediction of the probability a patient has a 100%-UA stone. This will then enable the clinician to counsel them more accurately on their treatment
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