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Table 2 Composition of urinary calculi

From: Urolithiasis analysis in a multiethnic population at a tertiary hospital in Nairobi, Kenya

Constituents, n (%)

(n = 67)a

Calcium oxalate only

48 (71.6)

Calcium oxalate + bicarbonate

15 (22.4)

Calcium oxalate + ammonium

1 (1.5)

Calcium oxalate + phosphate

1 (1.5)

Calcium oxalate + ammonium + bicarbonate

1 (1.5)

Calcium Oxalate + ammonium + bicarbonate + phosphate uric acid + cystine

1 (1.5)

  1. aMultiple specimens submitted to the laboratory for a single patient from one surgical procedure were processed as one sample