title: Use of open-end Malecot catheter after percutaneous renal surgery.
abstract: Use of an open-end nephrostomy tube after renal surgery gives way to the reintroduction of a guide wire in the event a second procedure is needed. The use of a standard Malecot catheter for this purpose is described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, University Hospital Leiden, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Lycklama à Nijeholt
mesh_terms: D002408:Catheters, Indwelling; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D009403:Nephrostomy, Percutaneous / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014546:Urinary Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*