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      A formal test of the hypothesis that idiopathic calcium oxalate stones grow on Randall's plaque.

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      Adult, Aged, Calcium Oxalate, analysis, Female, Humans, Kidney Calculi, chemistry, etiology, surgery, Kidney Medulla, Male, Middle Aged, Nephrostomy, Percutaneous, Video Recording

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          To confirm that more than half of all idiopathic calcium oxalate (CaOx) stones grow on interstitial plaque, as CaOx stones can grow attached to interstitial apatite plaque but whether this is the usual mechanism of stone formation is uncertain. In nine idiopathic CaOx stone formers (ICSF) undergoing percutaneous nephrolithotomy or ureteroscopy all accessible renal papillae were endoscopically imaged using a digital endoscope. All stones were removed intact, and recorded by the operating surgeon as being attached or unattached; for all attached stones the surgeon determined if the site of attachment was to plaque. This determination was further verified by reviewing the intraoperative video record, and only instances where plaque was reliably seen on video were used for analysis. Surgical observations were further validated by a combination of microcomputed tomographic analysis and papillary biopsy. The results were analysed statistically using fixed-sample testing and group sequential sampling. The nine patients had a total of 115 stones, primarily CaOx; 90 stones were attached. Of these, 81 were attached to plaque; surgeons could not visualize the site of attachment with sufficient clarity to judge in the other nine cases. Based on these data, the final point estimate for the number of stones attached to plaque was 0.754 (95% confidence interval 0.575-0.933; P = 0.013). In ICSF most stones grow attached to papillae, on plaque, so growth on plaque is the main mechanism for stone formation in this very common group of patients.

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          19021625
          3459677
          10.1111/j.1464-410X.2008.08193.x

          Chemistry
          Adult,Aged,Calcium Oxalate,analysis,Female,Humans,Kidney Calculi,chemistry,etiology,surgery,Kidney Medulla,Male,Middle Aged,Nephrostomy, Percutaneous,Video Recording

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