title: New instrument for placement of circle tube nephrostomy.
abstract: The circle tube nephrostomy recently has become a popular method for supravesical urinary drainage. A new instrument and technique to facilitate placement of the circle tube have been developed and used successfully in 16 patients requiring nephrostomy drainage for ureteral obstruction secondary to advanced pelvic neoplasms. This instrument and technique offer a simple, safe and effective method of establishing circle tube drainage.
mesh_terms: D004322:Drainage; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000601:surgery*; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D014517:Ureteral Obstruction / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D014547:Urinary Diversion / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods