title: Postoperative percutaneous kidney stone extraction.
abstract: Retained stones may be found in patients who have undergone operations for multiple renal calculi. These stones often produce morbidity and must be removed. The authors describe a technique using a nephrostomy tube, placed during the initial operation, to extract stones percutaneously.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002404:Catheterization; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery