I. OSWALD, SIMONA CAVALU, T.T. MAGHIAR, DIANA OSVAT

Faculty of Medicine and Pharmaceutics, University of Oradea, 10, 1 Decembrie Square, 410081 Oradea

Abstract. The study was carried out to investigate the composition and type of different urinary stones upon application of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy. ATR FTIR spectra revealed the marker bands of a mixed stone composition containing calcium oxalate monohydrate/ calcium carbonate, respectively calcium oxalate monohydrate/cystine. The surface morphology of the samples and elemental analysis was performed by SEM-EDAX confirming the presence of oxalate, carbonate and cystine in the samples. Combination of FTIR spectroscopy and SEM-EDAX allowed quantitative and qualitative evaluation of components, the spatial distribution and the percent of major and trace elements present in a single sample.
Key words: urinary stones, lithotripsy, FTIR spectroscopy, SEM-EDAX.

Corresponding author’s e-mail: ioanoswald5@yahoo.com

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