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This study evaluated the sociodemographic and radiological characteristics, treatment, and outcome data of the PU patients treated at Somalia's only tertiary care center.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Method<\/jats:title><jats:p>The data of all patients diagnosed with urolithiasis during a 6-year period were reviewed. Only pediatric (age &amp;lt;18) urolithiasis patients were included. Demographic parameters, radiological features, stone characteristics, treatment, and outcome data were collected and analyzed.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Overall, 227 (127 male, 100 female) patients were included. The rate of PU was 8.1%. The mean patient age was 12.7 \u00b1 3.2. More than two-thirds of the patients (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 161, 70.9%) were adolescents. The stones were located in the kidney in 50.7%, the ureter in 33%, and the bladder in 14.5%. Distal ureteral stones (36%) accounted for the majority of ureteral stones, followed by the ureterovesical junction (26.7%) and proximal ureteral (24%) stones. The mean stone size was 16.2 mm. Most (42.3%) stones had a 10\u201320 mm diameter, while 23.3% were sized between 6 and 10 mm. Renal insufficiency was present in 5.3%. Among 227 patients, 101 (44.5%) underwent minimally invasive procedures including ureterorenoscopic lithotripsy (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 40, 18%), retrograde intrarenal surgery (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 30, 13.2%) and percutaneous nephrolithotomy (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 31, 14%). Open pyelolithotomy was the most common surgery performed (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 53, 22.3%). Surgical site infection developed following 3.5% of the open surgery cases. The stone-free rate was 91.3%. It was significantly higher in open cases (98%) compared to the cases performed via a minimally invasive approach (83%) (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.02).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>In Somalia, PU is more common than in many other countries. Open surgery continues to be the primary treatment modality for children with urolithiasis due to the restricted endourology resources. 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