Emre Demirel; Gökçe Bagci Uzun; Mehmet Akçiçek; Ipek Balıkcı Çiçek; Muhammed Furkan Arpaci & Hıdır Pekmez
Kidney stones are one of the oldest and most common urinary system diseases known throughout history. Today, it is an increasing health problem worldwide. Measurements of the anatomical features of the kidneys such as volume, length, width and thickness are of great importance in the diagnosis and treatment of stone disease. The aim of this study is to analyze morphometric measurements using computed tomography (CT) images of individuals with and without kidney stones and thus provide information for the diagnosis and treatment of this disease. Our study was conducted at the Department of Radiology, Malatya Turgut Özal University Training and Research Hospital and Ethics Committee permission number 2023/33 was obtained. Measurements were performed using CT2, CT, Abdominal, and Non-contrast. In our study, 80 individuals with kidney stones and 40 individuals without kidney stones were examined and 60 of them were female and 60 of them were male. Statistical analysis of the data was performed using the SPSS program. A statistically significant increase was observed in the width VCBEUM values of the right kidney morphometric measurements of the patient and control group female subjects (p<0.05). When the right kidney volume measurements of the patient and control group male subjects were compared, a statistically significant increase was observed in Volume Itk- Snap and Volume ellipsoid measurements (p<0.05). In conclusion, our study provides information about the morphometric and volume measurements of the kidneys of individuals with and without kidney stones. These findings contribute to the existing literature on kidney stone disease and contribute to future research and clinical practice in the diagnosis and treatment of the disease.
DEMIREL, E.; UZUN, G. B.; AKÇIÇEK, M.; ÇIÇEK, I. B.; ARPACI, M. F. & PEKMEZ, H. Investigation of the effect of kidney stones on renal morphometry and volume. Int. J. Morphol., 44(2):707-719, 2026.
