COMPARISON OF STONE FREE RATE OF STAGHORN STONE, RENAL PELVIC STONE, AND INFERIOR CALYX STONE FOLLOWING PCNL

Stone Composition in Patients Who Undergo Renal Stone Surgery: Review of 423 Stone Analyses in Southern Iran

Seoul National University Renal Stone Complexity Score for Predicting Stone-Free Rate after Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy

OBJECTIVES Currently, no standardized method is available to predict success rate after percutaneous nephrolithotomy. We devised and validated the Seoul National University Renal Stone Complexity (S-ReSC) scoring system for predicting the stone-free rate after single-tract percutaneous nephrolithotomy (sPCNL). PATIENTS AND METHODS The data of 155 consecutive patients who underwent sPCNL were ...

Giant staghorn stone in common bile duct.

A 65-year-old man presented with history of pain in the right side of abdomen for last 2 years with concomitant dyspepsia. On examination, there was no icterus, and abdominal examination was unremarkable. The patient had been investigated earlier and referred to tertiary center in view of common bile duct (CBD) stones. Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreaticography (MRCP) showed dilated CBD pack...

Infected urinoma secondary to a ruptured renal calyx from a partial staghorn stone

A urinoma is a collection of urine outside the urinary tract as a result of disruption of the collecting system. Obstructive causes of urine extravasation secondary to stones are not unseen but display a delayed diagnosis due to the gradual onset of symptoms, which can mimic pyelonephritis. We present the case of a 70-year-old female patient who was admitted to hospital with symptoms of right l...

Association of staphylococcus cohnii subspecies urealyticum infection with recurrence of renal staghorn stone

Abstract Background: Stphylococcus cohnii is an organism of coagulase negative species which is considered as normal flora. However, it has been isolated from urinary tract infections and surgical prostheses but its relation with staghorn stones has not been reported, yet. Case Presentation: A 50-years-old woman presented with left renal staghorn stone in June 2014. She had bilateral staghorn...