Objective: First objective of this study was to find out factors influencing development postoperative systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) after percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PNL). Secondary point the role preoperative neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and platelet-lymphocyte (PLR) in SIRS estimation. Method: The data 756 patients that underwent PNL for kidney stones between 2012 201...

We are reporting a young female who presented with a history of right flank pain and urinary tract infection off and on. On investigation, she was found to have a giant fork-shaped ureteral calculus in a bifid ureter. Since her ipsilateral renal unit was nonfunctioning, nephroureterectomy was performed. Such a case of giant staghorn ureteral calculus in a bifid ureter has never been reported in...

BACKGROUND Ureteric calculi are usually small and solitary.The term giant has been applied to ureteric calculi that aremore than five cms in length and/or 50g or more in weight. These are uncommon and may present with few or no urological symptoms and might be ignored or be missed. OBJECTIVE To present a rare case of a giant left ureteric calculus associated with an ipsilateral staghorn calcu...