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ArticleResearch and reports in urology2021

Neural Network Analysis of Crystalluria Content to Predict Urinary Stone Type.

Raed M Almannie, Abdullah K Alsufyani, Abdullah U Alturki, Mana Almuhaideb, Saleh Binsaleh, Abdulaziz M Althunayan, Mohammed A Alomar, Khalid M Albarraq, Fahad A Alyami

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Raed M AlmannieDivision of Urology, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine and King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Abdullah K AlsufyaniDivision of Urology, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine and King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Abdullah U AlturkiDivision of Urology, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine and King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Mana AlmuhaidebDivision of Urology, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine and King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-4936-2104
Saleh BinsalehDivision of Urology, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine and King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-8946-4749
Abdulaziz M AlthunayanDivision of Urology, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine and King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Mohammed A AlomarDivision of Urology, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine and King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Khalid M AlbarraqDivision of Urology, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine and King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Fahad A AlyamiDivision of Urology, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine and King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

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purposeTo investigate the relationship between urinary stone type and the type of crystals in the urine. PATIENTS AND

methodsThis retrospective study involved 485 patients with urinary stones treated at King Saud University Medical City from May 2015 to June 2017. Clinical data were obtained from medical records. Different statistical analysis methods were applied, including basic contingency analysis, analysis of variance, logistic regression, discriminant analysis, partition modeling, and neural network evaluations.

resultsOf 485 patients, 47 had crystals detected by urinalysis. The most common type of crystal was calcium oxalate (n = 31), which had the highest association with calcium oxalate stones. Uric acid crystals (n = 8) were associated with uric acid stones. The neural network model used for determining the sensitivity and specificity showed an R-square value of 0.88, with an area under the curve of 0.94 for calcium oxalate, 0.94 for carbonate apatite, and 1.0 for uric acid.

conclusionThe predictive algorithm developed in the present study may be used with a patient's clinical parameters to predict the stone type. This approach predicts the stone types associated with certain patient characteristics with a high sensitivity and specificity, indicating that the models may be a valuable clinical tool in the diagnosis, management, and monitoring of stone diseases.

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crystallurianeural networkstone diseaseurinary crystalsurinary sedimenturolithiasis

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PMCPMC8721952

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