Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy
- 31 July 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in British Journal of Urology
- Vol. 53 (4) , 297-299
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1464-410x.1981.tb03181.x
Abstract
Small mobile stones in the major renal collecting system can be extracted through a percutaneous tract. Initially the radiologist performs a conventional percutaneous needle nephrostomy and inserts a pigtail catheter into the renal pelvis. Over the next week the tract formed is serially dilated to a size large enough to pass a cystoscope into the kidney. The calculi are trapped by a stone basket and removed. The many advantages of this relatively atraumatic procedure are discussed.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
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