Hepatitis B and Urinary Calculi — Is There an Association Between the Two?

The following Journal Watch summarizes the study entitled “Chronic hepatitis B virus infection increases the risk of upper urinary calculi” published in BMC Urology. Need for the study Though hepatitis B virus (HBV) mainly affects the liver, renal conditions are a common manifestation of this condition, including the formation of kidney stones. However, no study has yet been carried out which explores the prevalence of hepatitis B infection in patients suffering from upper urinary calculi (UUC). Objective To study the prevalence of Hepatitis B infection in upper urinary calculi patients.

Study design Retrospective study using information from patients who were discharged from the urology department of a hospital between January 2017 and December 2018. A total of 1062 patients were enrolled in this study. ## Criteria: ## Inclusion criteria 514 patients with upper urinary calculi 548…