Epidemiology of pediatric urolithiasis in a secondary level university hospital in Burkina Faso
- American Journal of Surgery and Clinical Case Reports , Vol 4 (13) : 1-5
Résumé
Urolithiasis has long been considered less fre quent in children than in adults. However, daily clinical practice at the Regional Teaching Hospital of Ouahigouya seems to show that urolithiasis is more frequent in children than in adults. This study, the first of its kind at the Regional Teaching Hospital of Ouahi gouya, aims to describe the epidemiological profile of urolithiasis in children based on hospital data. 1.2. Material and methods: This was a descriptive cross-section al study over 4-year period from March 2017 to February 2021. We included all children under 15 years of age admitted to the CHUR of Ouahigouya for urinary lithiasis during the study period and having a complete medical record. 1.3. Results: We collected 100 cases of pediatric urolithiasis, that represented 80% (100/125) of all urolithiasis cases admitted during the study period. The hospital prevalence of pediatric urolithiasis was 10.7% (100/936). The annual incidence was 25 cases. The mean age of the children was 57.8± 41.1 months with extremes of 2 months and 168 months. The sex ratio was 13.3 (93/7) in favor of boys. Dysuria (46.3%) and bladder urinary retention (28.4%) are the main diagnostic circumstances. Bladder lithiasis accounted for 79% of all locations. Cystolithotomy was the most performed procedure in 89.6% (86/96) of cases. 1.4. Conclusion: This study showed a high hospital prevalence of pediatric urolithiasis in northern Burkina Faso. Contrary to de veloped countries, urolithiasis is more frequent in children than in adults in our context.1
Mots-clés
Epidemiology; Urolithiasis; Pediatric; Burkina Faso