Time changes in the spectrum of urinary stone composition: a role for climate variations?

Background: An increase of the frequency of uric acid urinary stones compared to calcium-containing ones has been recently described. This study was aimed at assessing the frequency of different types of urinary stones in the population of northern Italy in the period 2016-18 compared to 2001-2003.

Methods: Analyses by infrared spectroscopy of 1007 stones endoscopically removed at two institutions in the area of Milan (Northern Italy) were retrospectively considered.

Epidemiologic study of urolithiasis in seven countries of South-Eastern Europe: S.E.G.U.R. 1 study.

Objective: To investigate some epidemiological aspects of kidney stones in the South- Eastern European area.

Materials And Methods: From September 2015 to December 2015, 538 consecutive patients were treated and evaluated for reno-ureteral stones in eight departments in Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, FYR Macedonia, Romania, Serbia and Turkey.

Results: The age of onset was lower in Turkey and higher in Italy.

Ejaculatory abstinence influences intravaginal ejaculatory latency time: results from a prospective randomized trial.

Introduction: The relationship between ejaculatory frequency and ejaculatory latency time is under-investigated.

Subjects And Methods: 120 healthy subjects were enrolled in a prospective randomized trial. Patients in group A engaged in sexual intercourse after a 10-day abstinence period for 3 months.