Compositions of Urinary Stones in Iraqi Patients and Their relations with Different Regions and Ethnicities

Habeeb Al- Athari, Muthanna; Rasheed Toma, Riyad; Jalalaldin, Kamiran; Noori Al- Mosawi, Mohammad; Ali Al- Hamdani, Husain

	Compositions of Urinary Stones in Iraqi Patients and Their relations with Different Regions and Ethnicities
Medical Journal of Babylon
Article 1, Volume 14, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 0-0
Authors
Muthanna Habeeb Al- Athari; Riyad Rasheed Toma; Kamiran Jalalaldin; Mohammad Noori Al- Mosawi; Husain Ali Al- Hamdani
Abstract
In order to know the chemical composition of urinary stones in Iraqi patients, and if there were any correlation between stone types and different Iraqi regions and ethnicities. In the period from February 2014 to November 2016, a total of 3130 stone samples were collected from different Iraqi provinces, via different stone management procedures. Demographic data were also requested with each stone sample including; patient’s age, gender, residence, ethnicity, site and way of stone removal. Then all samples were subjected to physical analysis to detect their composition using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) technique. Data were divided into 3 categories (total: 3130 samples, upper urinary tract stones: 2588 samples, and lower urinary tract stones: 542 samples). The overall mean age was 38.4 ±16.1 years, and overall male to female ratio 2.16:1. The most common stone types in overall study was Calcium oxalate stone (46%), followed by Uric acid stone (20.4%), Mixed stones (16.5%), Phosphate stone (10.4%), Cystine stone (3.7%), Matrix stone (2%) and other rare types (1%). There is a statistically reliable relationship between stone types and different Iraqi regions and ethnicities, with Calcium oxalate stone as more prevalent in Kurdish patients and north regions while Uric acid stone was more prevalent in Arab patients and middle regions. Also Calcium oxalate and uric acid stones were more prevalent in elderly patients, while cystine stones in those who are < 20 years old.
Keywords
Stone composition; Stone analysis; Iraqi urinary stones; Infrared Spectroscopy

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