Diethylaminoethanol-cellulose in the treatment of absorptive hyperoxaluria.

There were 22 patients in whom oxalate stones formed and who had absorptive hyperoxaluria treated with diethylaminoethanol-cellulose. In more than 2 years this form of treatment did not seem to have any serious side effects. It achieved a decrease of urinary oxalate values in all patients in whom oxalate hyperabsorption had been found. Diethylaminoethanol-cellulose is an anionic exchanger capable of retaining oxalate in vitro and in vivo.