Common Complications of Transurethral Pneumatic Lithotripsy in Children with Bladder Stone Disease at A Tertiary Care Hospital HMC Peshawar

Original Article

Abstract

Background: Urinary bladder stones have been documented in medical literature for centuries, with one of the earliest references appearing in the Hippocratic oath  Updated data on the prevalence of erectile dysfunction and retrograde ejaculation in patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) following a two-month treatment regimen with dutasteride and tamsulosin.
Objective: to assess the prevalence of transurethral pneumatic lithotripsy consequences in children with bladder stone Diseases
Study design: A Descriptive Study.
Duration and place of study: from July 1, 2022, to June 30, 2023, from the Department of Urology, HMC Peshawar.
Methodology: 369 kids with bladder stones were the subjects of this Study from July 1, 2022, to June 30, 2023, at the Department of Urology HMC, Peshawar. A suitable nonprobability sampling approach was used in the selection process. All the stones were broken up using a pediatric straight working channel, a pneumatic Swiss lithoclast, and a cystoscope. In SPSS 22, data analysis was done.
Results: The Study sample had a mean age of 7 years, SD = 8.43. 32% of patients were female, and 68% were male. Common complications were bladder perforation, which affected 5% of patients; haematuria, which involved 7% of patients; acute urine retention, which involved 4% of patients; and fever, which affected 7% of patients.
Conclusion: According to our Study, bladder perforation occurred 5% of the time after transurethral pneumatic lithotripsy, haematuria 7% of the time, acute urine retention 4% of the time, and fever 7% of the time in children with bladder stone diseases.

Keywords: complications, transurethral pneumatic lithotripsy, pediatric bladder stone diseases