title: [Percutaneous nephrostomy at the Second Kaunas Clinical Hospital].
abstract: From 1996 to 2000 in urology department of 2(nd) Kaunas Clinical Hospital, 343 percutaneous interventions were performed, 250 of which was percutaneous nephrostomy. Urinary flowing was disturbed to 171 patients with urinary obstruction and 79 with malignant tumor. Death related to operation was not noticed in all patients. One of the patient had undergone surgery. PCN was successfully performed in 97.5% of all the cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Kaunas 2nd Clinical Hospital, Lithuania.
authors.forename: Aivaras
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Matjosaitis
authors.forename: Gytis
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rinkūnas
authors.forename: Paulius
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bosas
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009403:Nephrostomy, Percutaneous / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000150:complications; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D014514:Ureteral Calculi / Q000601:surgery*; D014517:Ureteral Obstruction / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D014718:Vesico-Ureteral Reflux / Q000150:complications