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Computer-assisted access to the kidney [PDF]

, 2005
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this paper is to introduce the principles of computer-assisted access to the kidney. The system provides the surgeon with a pre-operative 3D planning on computed tomography (CT) images.
Barbaric, Bascle, Davies, Lavallée, Leroy, Masamune, Nolte-Ernsting, Olsen, Sampaio, Soler, Su, Troccaz   +11 more
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Pyonephrosis drained by double‐J catheter

Clinical Case Reports, 2020
An infectious disease with obstructive hydronephrosis, pyonephrosis causes suppurative destruction of the renal parenchyma. In such cases, retrograde ureteric stenting is considered a good choice for the drainage of pyonephrosis, as an alternative to ...
Che‐Wei Chang, Chun‐Nung Huang
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Bilateral emphysematous pyelonephritis

IDCases, 2021
A 57-year-old man presenting with bilateral flank pain and hematuria was found to have severe bilateral emphysematous pyelonephritis. The patient was managed with a conservative approach consisting of systemic antimicrobials and decompression via ...
Caitlyn Hollingshead, Kelly Luttmann, Claudiu Georgescu   +2 more
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Limitations of caspofungin in the treatment of obstructive pyonephrosis due to infection [PDF]

, 2006
Background Caspofungin is a new antifungal agent with high-level activity against a number of Candida species including those that are resistant to azoles.
Silke Schelenz, Calum N Ross, CK Ng, F Barchiesi, PG Pappas, S Schelenz, F Barchiesi, J Mora-Duarte, A Villanueva, DC Lye, R Hajdu, JA Stone, F Barchiesi, SK Balani, SM Arend, MA Clark, DA Bell   +16 more
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The surgical technique of subcutaneous renovesical bypass

PAMJ Clinical Medicine, 2020
The long-term drainage of the urinary tract of patients with unresectable ureteric stenosis, remains a major challenge for urologists. For decades, researchers experimented with different alternatives to the prosthetic ureter with minimal success ...
Ali Barki, Mohammed Aynaou, Amine El Houmaidi, Mehdi Chenoufi, Tarik Mhanna   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Factors Affecting Success of the Reinsertion of Nephrostomy Catheters through the Original Tract

Sakarya Tıp Dergisi, 2022
Objective: To investigate the success rate and the factors affecting the success of percutaneous nephrostomy catheter reinsertion using the existing percutaneous tract.
Mustafa Gök, Mehmet Burak Çildağ, Oghuz Abdullayev   +2 more
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Non-vascular interventional procedures: effective dose to patient and equivalent dose to abdominal organs by means of dicom images and Monte Carlo simulation [PDF]

, 2015
This study evaluates X-ray exposure in patient undergoing abdominal extra-vascular interventional procedures by means of Digital Imaging and COmmunications in Medicine (DICOM) image headers and Monte Carlo simulation.
Cannavale, Alessandro, D'Adamo, Alessandro, Di Castro, E. 4., Donnarumma, Raffaella, Fanelli, F, Insero, T, Longo, Mariaconcetta, Lucatelli, Pierleone, Marchioni, C, Salvatori, Fm   +9 more
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Percutaneous Puncture Nephrostomy — Method of Choice in the Treatment of Patients with Full Obstruction in Upper Urinary Tracts and Renal Failure

Počki, 2013
There has been defined the role of percutaneous puncture nephrostomy in treatment of patients with full obstruction in the upper urinary tracts and renal failure. There has been detected the highest positive dynamics of the perioperative outcomes and the
S.О. Vozianov, А.А. Gorzov, М.І. Kravchenko, S.B. Maydan, P.B. Ivashchenko   +4 more
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Visualization of the renal vein filled with contrast agent may indicate the renal vein injury during percutaneous nephrolithotomy: two case reports

BMC Urology, 2021
Background Intravenous misplacement of a nephrostomy tube is a rare complication of percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) or percutaneous nephrostomy. The mechanism of misplacement of a nephrostomy tube into the vascular system is seldom investigated.
Xiao-Feng Chen, Jian-Jun Zhou, Jian-Ming Sun, Guo-Can Cao, Yi-Hua Zou, Wang-Long Deng   +5 more
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Using alteplase nephrostomy tube installation for thrombolysis of ureter tract clot obstruction

Urology Case Reports, 2021
In literature, few cases have been reported regarding the use of alteplase installation in a nephrostomy as anticoagulant treatment of blood clots in the upper urinary tract.Our case -report provides a unique case of alteplase installation in the ...
Paoyan Lin, Tomasz Fiutowski, Christoph Ansorge   +2 more
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