objectives:the aim of the present study was to assess the analgesic efficacy of iv ketamine injection inaddition to nephrostomy tract infiltration of ketamine – bupivacaine on postoperative pain relief after tubeless percutaneous nephrolithotomy (pcnl). patients and methods: patients (n = 100), with renal stone who were candidates for pcnl were randomized to five groups with 20 cases in each: g...

Abstract Percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) has been widely applied in the treatment of isolated renal stones recent years. However, its safety and effectiveness for patients with remains controversial. In this work, “nephrolithiasis”, “stones”, "renal", “nephrolithotomy”, “percutaneous”, “PCNL”, “solitary”, “single”, “kidney” were taken as key words to search relevant studies PCNL solitary ki...

OBJECTIVE To explore the risk factors for systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) after percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) in patients with preoperative negative urine culture (UC). STUDY DESIGN Observational study. PLACE AND DURATION OF Department of Urology, Gazi Hospital, Samsun, Turkey, from January 2015 to 2020. METHODOLOGY Two hundred and twenty-eight patients, who underwent conve...

background: the aim of this study was to describe the one-decade experience in percutaneous nephrolithotomy surgery in children with kidney stones in tehran, iran. methods: all patients (less than 18 years old) undergoing percutaneous nephrolithotomy at our referral medical center, were reviewed in this cross-sectional study. all the demographics, surgical data and post-operative information we...

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...

This study was designed to compare different methods of treating renal calculi in order to establish which was the most cost effective and successful. Of 1052 patients with renal calculi, 350 underwent open surgery, 350 percutaneous nephrolithotomy, 328 extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy (ESWL), and 24 both percutaneous nephrolithotomy and ESWL. Treatment was defined as successful if stones w...

PURPOSE Percutaneous nephrolithotomy has high potential for morbidity or failure. There are limited data regarding risk factors for failure and to our knowledge no published reports of surgical outcomes in patients with prior failed attempts at percutaneous stone removal. MATERIALS AND METHODS We identified patients referred to 3 medical centers after prior failed attempts at percutaneous nep...

Percutaneous nephrolithotomy is widely accepted and effective treatment modality for renal stone disease. When compared with other surgical interventions such as open renal surgery, percutaneous nephrolithotomy has lower morbidity and postoperative patient discomfort, so percutaneous nephrolithotomy mostly replaced open surgery in most of the urology clinics in Turkey and worldwide. In this rev...

introduction percutaneous nephrolithotomy is generally considered a safe option for the management of large complex or infectious upper urinary tract calculi. biliary tract injury is a rare and potentially serious complication of percutaneous nephrolithotomy that can even lead to mortality, especially in cases where biliary peritonitis develops. all reported cases of biliary tract injury have b...

Air embolism is a rare complication of percutaneous nephrolithotomy. Patent foramen ovale, which is necessary in fetal circulation, is a potential route for emboli arising from the venous system to enter the systemic arterial circulation, resulting in paradoxical air embolism syndrome. A case of paradoxical air embolism during percutaneous nephrolithotomy is presented. To our knowledge, this is...