尿石症是我国的一种常见病,据1976年调查,尿石症住院人数占泌尿外科住院总人数的2.5～59％。南方诸省尤为多见,均超过20％,占泌尿外科住院病人首位,并有增多倾向。1976年全国45所医院泌尿外科住院的尿石症共2,424例,其中肾、输尿管结石2,038例,占84％,膀胱、尿道结石仅占16％,故尿石症中绝大部分为肾、输尿管结石。旧中国及建国初期常见的由于小儿营养不良引起的膀胱结石已较罕见。 肾结石取石术后,经长期随诊复发率较高。有报告,肾、输尿管结石术后随诊20年,肾结石复发率为78～80％,输尿管结石 Urolithiasis is a common disease in our country. According to the survey in 1976, the number of urolithiasis accounts for 2.5 ~ 59% of the total number of inpatients in urology. Southern provinces are particularly common, both more than 20%, accounting for urology inpatient first place, and there is an increasing tendency. A total of 2,424 cases of urolithiasis were hospitalized in urology of 45 hospitals in 1976, of which 2,038 were kidney and ureteral stones, accounting for 84%. Bladder and urethral calculi only accounted for 16%. Therefore, the vast majority of urolithiasis were kidney and ureter stone. Bladder stones that have been common in old China and the early years of the founding of the nation due to malnutrition in infants have been rare. Kidney stone stone surgery, the long-term follow-up higher recurrence rate. There are reports of renal, ureteral calculi after 20 years of follow-up, the recurrence rate of 78% to 80% of kidney stones, ureteral stones