title: Inline tug on a through-and-through glidewire to reposition open-ended catheter during percutaneous nephrolithotomy.
abstract: We present a simple technique to reposition an open-ended ureteric catheter in the pelvicalyceal system during percutaneous nephrolithotomy. A through-and-through glidewire is straightened using a stone-grasping forceps. The open-ended catheter is advanced in the pelvicalyceal system over this taut glidewire.
authors.affiliation: R. G. Stone Urological Research Institute, Mumbai, India.
authors.forename: P N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Maheshwari
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Andankar
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Khera
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Mehta
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bansal
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000601:surgery*; D009403:Nephrostomy, Percutaneous / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014513:Ureter; D014546:Urinary Catheterization