[The incidence of urolithiasis (based on autopsy data from the Donetsk Province Clinical Hospital)]

Autopsy data indicate that urolithiasis is found in 3.6% of 100 autopsies, most frequently in men (62 cases) over 40 years of age. In 2/3 of patients the length of the disease was under 8 years, rarer over 15 years. In most cases renal involvement was bilateral (72 patients). In more that 70% two or three operations were performed. A pathogenetic relationship was found between urolithiasis and malformations of the kidneys and ureters, urinary stasis in disorders of innervation of lesser pelvis organs, hyperplasia of the prostate and disorders of the mineral metabolism.