Percutaneous caliceal irrigation during extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy for lower pole renal calculi.
A percutaneous nephrostomy tube coiled in the lower pole calix was used to irrigate stone fragments during extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy in a small series of patients. This procedure is suggested as a possible means of improving lithotripsy results for larger, lower pole stones.
Department of Urology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois.
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JB
Graham
J B
JB
Nelson
D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D007670:Kidney Calices; D008096:Lithotripsy; D009403:Nephrostomy, Percutaneous / Q000295:instrumentation; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011859:Radiography; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation / Q000379:methods