Dissolution of bilateral renal calculi via percutaneous nephrostomy. Report of a case.
Both kidneys in a patient with multiple, bilateral renal calculi were treated consecutively by irrigation with a stone-dissolving solution through percutaneously placed nephrostomy catheters. Almost complete dissolution of the calculi was obtained. An intercurrent ureteral calculus necessitated introduction of a second catheter in one kidney, but was also successfully treated.
D000328:Adult; D002404:Catheterization / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation; D014514:Ureteral Calculi / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy