Kazan medical journalKazan medical journal0368-48142587-9359Eco-Vector7748010.17816/kazmj77480Research ArticleOn renal tuberculosisZaitsevM. A.info@eco-vector.com151019272310101810290608202106082021Copyright © 1927, Zaitsev M.A.1927<p>Kidney tuberculosis in humans is quite frequent. For example, in the Men's Urology Department of the Obukhov Hospital (Leningrad), 153 cases of this disease have been observed over the past 14 years. According to the statistics of different authors, it can be seen that 2-3 per 100 examined cadavers could find tbc renia, and per 100 examined cadavers of phthisis, from 8 to 30 represented tbc changes of the kidneys as well. Fedorov counts 19% tbc among other surgical kidney diseases. During the first year of the existence of the Urological Department of the 3rd Soviet People's Hospital in Odessa I managed to observe only 3 cases of renal tbc, which, in relation to the total number of patients in the department (534 people), is 0.56%, and in relation to the total number of urological patients in the hospital in 1923-24 (218 people) - 1.5%. (218 people) - 1.37.</p>Kazan Medical archiveКазанский медицинский архив