title: Duodenal damage complicating percutaneous access to kidney.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Since the first percutaneous nephrostomy performed by Goodwin in 1954, technical advances in accessing the kidneys via percutaneous puncture have increased the use of this procedure and thus the complications too. Among these complications, digestive tract damage is not common.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report a duodenal lesion that was corrected using surgical exploration and we touch on the therapeutic options, which may be conservative or interventionist. We chose conservative treatment, which has been approached in diverse manners in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Medicina do ABC, Santo André, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Lopes Neto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tobias-Machado
authors.forename: R V
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Juliano
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Lipay
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Borrelli
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Wroclawski
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004386:Duodenum / Q000293:injuries*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009403:Nephrostomy, Percutaneous / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012086:Reoperation