Inline tug on a through-and-through glidewire to reposition open-ended catheter during percutaneous nephrolithotomy.
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.
Maheshwari
P N
PN
R. G. Stone Urological Research Institute, Mumbai, India.
Andankar
M
M
Khera
R
R
Mehta
S V
SV
Bansal
M
M
D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000601:surgery*; D009403:Nephrostomy, Percutaneous / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014513:Ureter; D014546:Urinary Catheterization