[Kidney failure in urologic diseases]

Among a series of 3100 patients with urologic disease, treated over a period of 7 years, chronic renal failure (CRF) had 161. In rank order CRF was most common in patients with prostate adenoma (36.02 per cent), followed by patients with renal calculosis (27.33 per cent) and renal cancer (10.56 per cent). The causes of CRF and its dynamics, depending on the underlying disease, the therapeutic approach and the principles of treatment are discussed in detail. The inferences from the experience gained at the clinic point to the need of accentuating the attention of urologists and nephrologists for early diagnosis and adequate treatment of urologic diseases, which might cause CRF. The principles of its treatment are outlined.