OBJECTIVE To the best of our knowledge there are only 3 reports of fractured guidewires inside the pelvicalyceal system, successfully removed with endourology techniques, and this is the first one presenting a tightly coiled intraparenchymal section. MATERIAL AND METHODS A 59-year-old woman was hospitalized for surgical treatment of a right kidney of reduced size. Past history revealed pyelol...

conclusions it seems that, in patients undergoing pncl, sa is as effective and safe as ga. patients who undergo pncl under sa require smaller amounts of analgesic dose and show hemodynamic stability during surgery and recovery time. also, sa technique provides decreased blood loss and shortened surgery as well as anesthesia times compared to ga. results map and heart rate show no significant di...

First described in 1955 by Goodwin et al as a minimally invasive treatment for urinary obstruction causing marked hydronephrosis, percutaneous nephrostomy (PCN) placement quickly found use in a wide variety of clinical indications in both dilated and nondilated systems. Although the advancement of modern endourological techniques has led to a decline in the indications for primary nephrostomy p...

INTRODUCTION For the treatment of obstructive hydronephrosis that compromises renal function, procedures are required to decrease pressure such as intrarenal ultrasound-guided percutaneous nephrostomy, which leads to complications like any procedure. General objective: To determine the complications of patients undergoing ultrasound-guided percutaneous nephrostomy and factors associated with th...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Fibrin glue and gelatin matrix have been used to seal nephrostomy tracts to reduce bleeding and extravasation after tubeless percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL). In this study, Surgicel (oxidized cellulose) was used to seal the nephrostomy tract after totally tubeless PNL. PATIENTS AND METHODS Twenty patients with kidney calculi were treated with totally tubeless PNL. A...

percutaneous nephrolithotomy (pnl) is commonly used to treat patients with complex renal calculi. placing a nephrostomy tube is the last step after completing pnl. significant early postoperative discomfort after percutaneous procedure is usually secondary to nephrostomy tubes. the goal of this study is to evaluate the safety of tubeless pnl. a total of 45 patients with mean age of 46.6 years e...

A 33-year-old male with an ileal conduit was referred to our department for the treatment of left renal calculi. After inserting a ureteral access sheath, a ureteroscopy-assisted retrograde nephrostomy was made. Percutaneous nephrolithotomy was successfully achieved using this nephrostomy.

Corynebacterium urealyticum, an infrequent cause of bacteremia, is an emerging pathogen in humans, especially immunocompromised hosts. This report describes a patient with prostate cancer complicated with obstructive nephropathy who developed C. urealyticum bacteremia after placement of a percutaneous nephrostomy tube. The bacteremia was not controlled until the infected nephrostomy tube was re...