title: Ultrasound-guided percutaneous nephrostomy in the pediatric patient.
abstract: Percutaneous nephrostomy drainage may be established rapidly using ultrasonic guidance in severely ill pediatric patients with obstructive uropathy. B-mode ultrasonography has proved to be rapid, accurate and free of irradiation hazards, making it applicable to children with little or no sedation.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007668:Kidney / Q000601:surgery*; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000150:complications; D007682:Kidney Pelvis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D011859:Radiography; D012512:Sarcoma, Ewing / Q000150:complications; D014465:Ultrasonics; D014517:Ureteral Obstruction / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D014546:Urinary Catheterization / Q000379:methods*