Background: Computed Tomography use x-ray and take 3 D images of the body and easily diagnosis the disease. For KUB we also use Plain x ray but Plain x-ray only give us information in only 2 D But CT Scan give information in more detail of Kidney stone .
Aims: To find the Prevalence of kidney stone in population of Peshawar coming to Northwest General Hospital.
Material and Methods: This was Cross sectional examination done in North west General Hospital and Research center Peshawar during February to July 2019. Data were collected on a self-administer Questionnaire and analyzed using SPSS version 22.
Results: From the study over a period (6 months) a total number of 100 CT scan were done for finding kidney stones. Of these 64 patients having kidney stones and 36 were having no kidney stones. Among 64 patients 25 (37.3%) were males patients and 39 (58.2%) were female patients which are involved in the study. The most patients having kidney stones are under age of 35 to 50 years of age. Patients with right kidney stones were 44 (65.7 %) and left kidney stones were 29 (43.3%).
Conclusion: The final results of this study at have proven that urolithiasis indicates urinary tract stone involved number of factor. Selection of internal and external factors has an effect on the prevalence of disease in people. Female genders are more likely to developed kidney stone as compared to male. Computed tomography (CT) has been described because the “best imaging observe to verify the analysis of urinary stone,” A situation so that it will arise in up to 12% of the population and continues to account for up to 50% of these patients.
Key words: Prevalence, kidney stone, computed tomography, urolithasis, incidence, frequency, nephrolithiasis.
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