title: [Percutaneous nephrolithectomy. The results in 180 procedures].
abstract: We performed percutaneous lithectomy in 180 patients with renal stones. A single stone was present in 92, multiple stones in 23, coral shaped stones in 15 and a bilateral location existed in 3 patients. Access to the pyeloureteral tract was obtained in every patients. Successful removal of the stone was achieved in 97.2% of patients. There were no deaths and only few mild complications. We believe that percutaneous approaches is the technique of choice for removing renal stones.
authors: Unidad de Urología, Clínica Santa María, Santiago de Chile.
authors: R
authors: R
authors: van Cauwelaert
authors: O
authors: O
authors: Castillo
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Aguirre
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002677:Chile; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009403:Nephrostomy, Percutaneous / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D011859:Radiography; D017211:Treatment Failure; D014513:Ureter / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014514:Ureteral Calculi / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: Nefrolitectomía percutánea. Resultados en 180 procedimientos.