title: Ultrasound assessment of local complications of percutaneous renal stone removal.
abstract: Ultrasound evaluation of 20 consecutive patients undergoing percutaneous renal stone removal demonstrated fluid collections around the kidney to be common, occurring in 12 (60%). One was intraperitoneal, 7 were perirenal, and 4 were in the track through the posterior abdominal wall. In only 1 were related clinical complications evident. At long-term follow-up, local capsular thickening related to a surface dimple was seen at the puncture site in 66%, and fine cortical scars were visible in 33%. Apart from one slightly larger local cortical scar related to a segmental infarction, no other change related to the procedure was demonstrated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Plymouth General Hospital.
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Ivory
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Dubbins
authors.forename: I P
authors.initials: IP
authors.lastname: Wells
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Hammonds
mesh_terms: D002921:Cicatrix / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D006406:Hematoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014556:Urine