Retrograde nephrostomy tube placement during open surgical procedures requiring urinary diversion.
A new nephrostomy tube has been designed that allows for atraumatic passage by a stylet from inside the renal pelvis through the renal cortex. The technique for safe insertion is described.
Willscher
M K
MK
Department of Surgery (Urology), Elliot Hospital, Manchester, New Hampshire.
Conway
J F
JF
D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000601:surgery; D014546:Urinary Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D014547:Urinary Diversion