title: Percutaneous nephrostolithotomy: alternative for patients in renal failure secondary to bilateral staghorn calculi.
abstract: Percutaneous nephrostolithotomy is a well known and accepted procedure for the management of renal stones and particularly for debulking of staghorn calculi. Herein we present the case of a patient in renal failure due to bilateral staghorn calculi who was rescued from dialysis after bilateral percutaneous nephrostolithotomies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus, Río Piedras 00935.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Allende
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Canto
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D008096:Lithotripsy