title: Interactive MR-guided percutaneous nephrostomy.
abstract: Open-configuration MRI systems have been recently introduced and hold promise to allow the performance of a variety of minimally invasive procedures. Experience with MR-guided catheter-based luminal interventions is experimental to date. This is the first case of a successful percutaneous nephrostomy tube placement in a patient in an interventional MR system. The procedure was performed completely under MR guidance, and technical aspects are reviewed and compared with other, established techniques for percutaneous nephrostomy placement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA. kdh2n@virginia.edu
authors.forename: K D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Hagspiel
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kandarpa
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Silverman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007432:Intraoperative Period; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D009403:Nephrostomy, Percutaneous / Q000379:methods*; D014518:Ureterocele / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*