Calculus nephrectomy: Dilemma of developing countries

Objectives: to determine the frequency of simple nephrectomy in patients presenting with urolithiasis. material & methods: this is a retrospective study of patients presented at university hospital with urolithiasis during january 2007 to december 2010. the data were collected for patients who underwent nephrectomy for stone disease. results: total number of patients admitted with urolithiasis was 2600. out of these,88 (3.38%) patients underwent simple nephrectomy for non-functioning kidney. mean age of patients was 32.5 years,males were 62 (70.45%) and females were 26 (29.55%). flank pain was predominated symptom in 88% of patients. mean duration of symptoms was 2.4 years. mean size of stone was 4.1cm. seventy patients had stones in renal pelvis. conclusion: percentage of calculus nephrectomy among patients of urolithiasis is 3.38%.