Posterior lumbotomy: surgery for upper tract calculi.
Posterior lumbotomy, modified by the adjuvant use of nephroscopy and postoperative stents, is presented as a preferred approach to upper ureteral, pelvic, or caliceal calculi. Its limited morbidity, brief hospitalization, brief operative time, and total efficacy of removal of calculi are the standards with which newer techniques described in this symposium must be compared.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000601:surgery*; D008161:Lumbosacral Region; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014514:Ureteral Calculi / Q000601:surgery*