Cystolithiasis in Children: A Five Year Experience in Maiduguri North Eastern Nigeria

Abstract

Patients and Methods: The study reviewed all children under the age of 15 years diagnosed with vesical calculus and managed between January 2010 and December 2014 in the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH) and the State specialist Hospital Maiduguri (SSHM). All patients had open cystolithotomy under general anesthesia. Background: Cystolithiasis in children is fairly a common disease especially among children from low socioeconomic group, often associated with malnutrition, anemia, lower urinary tract obstruction, UTI, and rarely metabolic disorders. Holistic evaluation is therefore essential in the management of vesical