Reduction of Urinary Stone in Children from North-Eastern Thailandt
SIRIPONG AEGUKKATAJIT, M.D.*
Affiliation : * Department of Social Medicine, Buriram Hospital, Buriram 31000, Thailand. t Presented at the 5th International Scientific Meeting of FAUA, Lotus Pang Suang Kaew Hotel, Chiang Mai, Thailand. December 12th, 1997.
A seminar of doctors and health personnel from 19 hospitals in the north-eastern pro- vinces of Thailand was conducted to survey bladder stones in children by weighing and inter- viewing bladder stone symptoms then giving supplementary diet milk and vitamins and teaching health education about nutrition and urinary stones through referring children with bladder stones to hospitals in north-eastern Thailand for surgery.
The findings of the stone patients from October 1995 to June 1996 from hospitals in northern Thailand were : Total number of patients was 6671 of which 287 patients ( 4.3%) were 10 years old or younger. Of these children there were 135 renal stone operations (2.0%), 29 ureteric stone operations (0.4% ), 106 bladder stone operations ( 1.6%) and 17 urethral stone operations (0.3%). There were 6384 patients aged more than 10 years. (95.7%) The total number of operations was 5373.
Keywords : Urinary Stone, Reduction, Children, North-Eastern Thailand
