OBJECTIVES To suggest a novel disposable percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) set that we named the 'Economical One-shot PCNL Set' (Ecoset), which consists of a single 30-F dilator, 30-F sheath, and 8-F polyurethane dilator, as use of a 'one-shot' dilatation technique during PCNL is becoming widespread. PATIENT AND METHODS The medical records of 42 patients with kidney stones who had undergone...

Background: Percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) is considered to be the standard procedure in patients with large renal calculus. The purpose of this study analyze evidence-based literature regarding “nephrostomy-free” or “tubeless” PCNL and assess safety, efficacy, possibility, benefits tubeless over PCNL. Aims Objectives: aim was review compare Materials Methods: It a retrospective done betwe...

Abstract Purpose To investigate the effectiveness and safety of ultrasound-guided Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy (PCNL) compared to standard fluoroscopy-guided PCNL. Methods This study is a comparative retrospective obtained from medical records within last 5 years Raden Mattaher Hospital, Jambi. Patients were divided into 2 groups, fluoroscopy- ultrasonography-guided PCNL with large kidney stone...

Introduction: The tubeless percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) procedure is defined as non-placement of double-J stent at the end procedure. There are numerous advantages placement nephrostomy tube in standard PCNL like adequate renal drainage, tamponade effect for bleeding and relook PCNL. Aim: This study aims to determine effectiveness, safety, morbidity by comparing it technique. Methodology...

Bardet-Biedl syndrome is an autosomal recessive disorder with obesity, polydactly, retinitis pigmentosa, hypogenitalism, intellectual impairment and varying degree of renal abnormalities. Fewer than ten cases of paediatric renal transplantation for BBS have been reported in literature so far. This is the only case report of BBS transplant urolithiasis which was dealt with percutaneous nephrolit...

In recent years urologists have concentrated on the intense introduction of minimally invasive methods for the treatment of urinary tract diseases with major progress noted in the treatment of urolithiasis. Nowadays extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy (ESWL), percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL), and ureteroscopic lithotripsy (URSL) are widely used in the treatment of urinary tract lithiasis. T...

background: in this study, the early effects of percutaneous nephrolithotomy (pcnl) on glomerular filtration rate (gfr) was assessed in different postoperative times and likewise, we determined the correlation of different variables with significant postoperative gfr drop  after pcnl. m aterials and methods: patient records of 486 cases that had undergone pcnl from january 2010 to october 2011 ...

CONTEXT Recent advances in technology have led to the implementation of mini- and micro-percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) as well as retrograde intrarenal surgery (RIRS) in the management of kidney stones. OBJECTIVE To provide a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies comparing RIRS with PCNL techniques for the treatment of kidney stones. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION A systematic literatur...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the feasibility of thoracic paravertebral block (TPVB) for percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) in comparison with epidural anesthesia (EA) combined with moderate sedation. SUBJECTS AND METHODS One hundred American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) I-II adult patients scheduled for first-stage unilateral PCNL were randomly assigned to receive either TPVB or EA. All pa...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study is to evaluate our methods for management of renal caliceal diverticular stones (CDS). MATERIALS AND METHODS We conducted a retrospective study from January 2005 to July 2015 and included patients who were treated for renal CDS. Patients were evaluated for treatment modality, puncture site (in case percutaneous nephrolithotomy [PCNL] attempted), operative...