title: Totally tubeless outpatient percutaneous nephrolithotomy: initial case report.
abstract: We report the first case of totally tubeless outpatient percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL). Our patient was discharged home safely less than 4 hours following uncomplicated PCNL with no nephrostomy tube, ureteral stent, or urethral catheter. Follow-up the next day in clinic confirmed that the procedure was successful, as the patient was clinically well and stone free. To our knowledge, this is the first case report of totally tubeless (no nephrostomy, no ureteral stent) PCNL performed on a truly outpatient basis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Kingston General Hospital, Queen's University, 76 Stuart Street, Kingston, ON, Canada K7L 2V7. beikod@kgh.kari.net
authors.forename: Darren
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Beiko
authors.forename: Meghana
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Samant
authors.forename: Thomas B
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: McGregor