THE URINARY STONES UNIT

 

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 This unit provides diagnostic service for patient with renal stones .This include the analysis of the constituents of the stones.The service helps the physicians and surgeons in the treatment, and prevention of  further stones formation. 

1.Academic Staff

     1.  Dr.Lamia Al-Naama,  professor,Head of Biochemistery Depatment .Director of the Unit.

     2.  Entissar Abdull-Latif,  Msc.  Manager assistant of Stone Analysis Unit.

     3. The Technicians

         1.Rasha A.Mahdi

         2. Somaia A.Sabah

         3.Sabah G. Abood

         4.Wessal A.Salem

         5.Murtadha M.Mohammed

2. Types of analysis

  1. Qualitative and quantitative analyses of  urinary stone which include:

         1. Calcium

         2. Phosphate 

         3.Oxalate

         4.Uric acid

         5.Magnesium

         6. Ammonium

   2.Serum and 24 hour urine collection for the following analysis:

        1. Calcium

        2. Phosphate

        3.Uric acid

        4. Oxalate in the urine 

3. Referral  Of Cases

               

        1. Outpatients

        2. Inpatients

        3. Special cases for Scientific research

 

4.Scientific Research:

          1. The incidence and composition of urine stones in southern Iraq.

             Lamia M.AL-Naama,  Yassin A.Bakker.

          2. The composition of childhood urolithiasis.

               Lamia M.AL-Naama,  Yassin A.Bakker.

          3. Trace elements and urinary stones.

              Entissar Abdull-Latif, Lamia M .AL-Naama, Jamal  A.Abdul- Bari, Mohommed Shaker

          4. Urinary citrate exertion in stone forming patients.

            Entissar Abdull-Latif , Dr.Lamia M .AL-Naama,Dr.Mhomed Shakker, Dr.Jamal Aabdul- Bari.

          5. Postgraduate MSC thesis, Biochemical relationship between urinary stone composition ,serum and  urine continents in patients with urinary stone (MSc thesis).

              Entissar Abdull-Latif, Lamia M .AL-Naama,  Jamal    A.Abdul-Bari.

          6. Development of an in vitro model to test different herbal extracts and drugs on renal stone.

             Teisir A.Telib, Nabeel A.Ali, Lamia M .AL-Naama.