EPIDEMIOLOGY OF UROLITHIASIS IN THE TURKESTAN REGION

Abstract

Background: Urolithiasis is one of the most common urological diseases worldwide and in Kazakhstan after renal
inflammatory diseases.
Aim: to study the epidemiology of diseases of the urinary system with a particular interest in urolithiasis.
Methods: The prevalence of diseases of the organs of the urinary system was observed in 81327 examined individuals,
who were hospitalized in the clinics of the Turkestan region. Among urological diseases were chronic tubulointerstitial
nephritis, chronic obstructive and non-obstructive pyelonephritis, terminal stages of kidney damage, tubulointerstitial kidney
damage, renal cysts, acute tubulointerstitial nephritis, urinary tract infections, chronic nephritic disorders cystitis,
hydronephrosis and others. Statistical analyses were carried out using MATLAB application package version R2017b
(MathWorks, USA) and plots were drawn using Microsoft Excel.
Results: The incidence of pathologies of organs of the urinary system has increased by 1.17 times both from 2017 to
2018 and from 2018 to 2019 with linear growth (R2 = 9964). Kidney stones with a prevalence of 1.4% among the pathology
of the system are in 7th place. Results of the study indicate that more than 500 people will require hospitalizations in the
coming years due to the stagnation of clinical administration due to the onset of COVID-19 pandemics in the end of the
observation period.
Conclusion: There has been noted that the prevalence of kidney stone disease is among the leading cause of
hospitalisation in the Turkestan region and the incidence rate is steadily increasing.