SIEUN Congress: Case Reports
Vol. 88 No. 4 (2016)
https://doi.org/10.4081/aiua.2016.4.341

The importance of potassium citrate and potassium bicarbonate in the treatment of uric acid renal stones

Publisher's note
All claims expressed in this article are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of their affiliated organizations, or those of the publisher, the editors and the reviewers. Any product that may be evaluated in this article or claim that may be made by its manufacturer is not guaranteed or endorsed by the publisher.
Received: 10 January 2017
Published: 30 December 2016
3754
Views
2303
Downloads
Potassium citrate, Uric acid stones

Authors

Michele Barbera
barbera.mic@gmail.com
Operative Unit of Urology, Ospedale Giovanni Paolo II, Sciacca, Italy.
Andreas Tsirgiotis
Operative Unit of Urology, Ospedale Giovanni Paolo II, Sciacca, Italy.
Mauro Barbera
University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
Quintino Paola
Operative Unit of Urology, Ospedale Giovanni Paolo II, Sciacca, Italy.
Uric acid calculi can also be treated without surgery, with simple medical lytic therapy. After appropriate dietary adjustments and add of mineral water, the needed amount of alkali supplementation can increase pH values of the urine in order to dissolve the stones. Treatment should be prolonged to prevent stone recurrence. A case of bilateral renal uric acid stones that were successfully treated by alakalizing treatment was presented.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

How to Cite



The importance of potassium citrate and potassium bicarbonate in the treatment of uric acid renal stones. (2016). Archivio Italiano Di Urologia E Andrologia, 88(4), 341-342. https://doi.org/10.4081/aiua.2016.4.341

PAGEPress has chosen to apply the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0) to all manuscripts to be published.