spectrum of genitourinary disease seen in Abu Dhabi

ABSTRACT

A retrospective survey of all patients admitted over a period of 12 months to the Department of Urology, Abu Dhabi Central Hospital, showed that over one-third [36%] presented with urinary tract lithiasis. The majority of these were located in the upper urinary tract and important aetiological factors appear to be an inadequate fluid intake and dietary excesses of purine and oxalate foods. Genitourinary infections accounted for pathology in approximately 28% of the 1555 patients seen, almost half of whom showed bacterial infection of the lower genitourinary tract. Urinary.bilharziasis is imported by workers from endemic areas outside the UAE and was seen in 8% of the total number of patients. The incidence of upper urinary tract infection in this series was not more than 5%. 3% of patients presented with urethral stricture and in only a quarter of these, the aetiology was definitely related to previous gonococcal infection. An increasing number of patients present with infertility but both, benign prostatic hypertrophy [2.5%] and genitourinary malignancies [1%] are uncommon as compared to pathology seen in Western countries