[Treatment of stafhorn calculi. Report of 71 cases].
OBJECTIVE
We retrospectively investigated 63 patients suffering from 71 staghorn calculi, who were treated with primary surgical monotherapy, in order to determine long-term. results and the fate of the residual stones.


METHODS
Mean follow-up was 2.6 years. There were 63 patients (32 men, 31 women). The treatment was pyelolithotomy alone in 26 cases; nephrolithotomy alone in 14 cases; pyelolithotomy associated with nephrolithotomy in 18 cases; percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) in two cases; extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy (ESWL) in one case; and nephrectomy in ten cases.


RESULTS
At the conclusion of therapy the stone-free rate was 94.1%. The complication was septic complications in 12 patients, hemorrhage that needed transfusion in five case and fistula in one case. After four and six years, two patients developed renal insufficiency and two patients had a recurrence of stones.


CONCLUSIONS
Primary surgery of complex staghorn calculi is justified because of its better results than PCNL associated with ESMIL.
Tazi
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Service d'urologie B, hôpital Ibn-Sina, Rabat, Maroc.
Karmouni
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T
Janane
A
A
el Fassi
M J
MJ
Koutani
A
A
Ibn Attya
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A
Hachimi
M
M
Lakrissa
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A
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D005260:Female; D005402:Fistula; D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000628:therapy*; D008096:Lithotripsy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009392:Nephrectomy; D009403:Nephrostomy, Percutaneous; D012008:Recurrence; D018805:Sepsis; D016896:Treatment Outcome