title: Percutaneous nephrolithotomy. The first 50 cases.
abstract: Initial experience at two centres in Cape Town with a new technique for the removal of urinary calculi is described. The technical difficulties encountered and the methods used to overcome them are outlined. Percutaneous nephrolithotomy has rendered conventional open surgery largely obsolete for treatment of stone disease of the upper urinary tract.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology and Radiology, City Park Hospital, Cape Town.
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: du Preez
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Morton
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000601:surgery*; D009403:Nephrostomy, Percutaneous / Q000379:methods*; D011183:Postoperative Complications