Percutaneous nephrostomy with immediate dilation.
Percutaneous nephrostomy may serve as an alternative to an open operation for urinary diversion. Difficulties with poor drainage and premature catheter dislodgement have prompted the development of a technique for dilation of the needle tract and placement of a large, self-retaining catheter at the time of the initial puncture.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002404:Catheterization; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004106:Dilatation; D004322:Drainage; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007668:Kidney / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D014517:Ureteral Obstruction / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D014545:Urinary Calculi / Q000150:complications; D014547:Urinary Diversion / Q000379:methods*