title: Percutaneous nephrostomy and irrigation lithochemolysis. A new concept for the treatment of cystine stones.
abstract: A case is reported of the dissolution of a cystine stone in the left renal pelvis by means of irrigation with N-acetyl-cysteine via percutaneous nephrostomy. As a result of this treatment no further operative measures were necessary. In our opinion the surgical removal of cystine stones is probably no longer necessary.
mesh_terms: D000111:Acetylcysteine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000328:Adult; D002404:Catheterization; D003553:Cystine / Q000378:metabolism*; D003555:Cystinuria / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D005402:Fistula; D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D007682:Kidney Pelvis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation
chemical_list: D003553:Cystine; D000111:Acetylcysteine