UROLITHIASIS IN CHILDHOOD - WHEN TO DO WHAT

Between 1983 and 1992 22 children with urolithiasis were treated at th e Department of Paediatric Surgery and Paediatrics of the University H ospital of Berne. There were 8 girls and 14 boys with a mean age of 7. 3 years. Metabolic disease was found in 8 children. There were 12 rena l stones, 12 ureteral stones, 1 bladder stone and 1 urethral stone. Co nservative therapy, ESWL, and surgery were used as treatment each in o ne third of the children. Studying our patient-group and analyzing the recent literature, the place of the different therapeutic methods of the childhood stones will be discussed.