title: Suture urolithiasis in the renal pelvis secondary to prior subtotal colectomy.
abstract: We report upon a patient who underwent a subtotal colectomy 2 years prior to presenting for a percutaneous nephrolithotomy of a large stone in the left renal pelvis. At the time of surgery, a non-absorbable suture was found embedded in the stone. Both stone and suture were removed percutaneously.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
authors.forename: Luke T
authors.initials: LT
authors.lastname: Lavallee
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: McCarthy
authors.forename: Richard W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Norman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003082:Colectomy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D007682:Kidney Pelvis; D009403:Nephrostomy, Percutaneous; D013537:Sutures / Q000009:adverse effects*