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SAFETY AND EFFICACY OF TUBELESS PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROLITHOTOMY [PDF]

open access: yesActa Medica Iranica, 2008
Percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PNL) is commonly used to treat patients with complex renal calculi. Placing a nephrostomy tube is the last step after completing PNL.
S Falahatkar   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Safety and efficacy of iodine-125 seed strand for intraluminal brachytherapy on ureteral carcinoma

open access: yesFrontiers in Oncology, 2023
ObjectiveOur aim is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of iodine-125 seed strand for intraluminal brachytherapy on ureteral carcinoma.MethodsFrom November 2014 to November 2021, 22 patients with ureteral cancer not suitable for surgical resection were ...
Yonghua Bi   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Gas-producing renal infection presenting as pneumaturia: a case report [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
We present a case of persistent pneumaturia of one-year duration in a fifty-five-year-old male with a history of spinal cord injury. The evaluation demonstrated gas throughout the collecting system attributable to a urinary tract infection with a gas ...
Benway, Brian M   +3 more
core   +3 more sources

Percutaneous nephrostomy versus antegrade double-J stent placement in the treatment of malignant obstructive uropathy: a cost-effectiveness analysis from the perspective of the Brazilian public health care system

open access: yesRadiologia Brasileira, 2019
Objective To compare two percutaneous techniques used in the treatment of malignant obstructive uropathy-antegrade double-J stent placement (JJ stenting) and percutaneous nephrostomy-in terms of their cost-effectiveness, from the perspective of the ...
T. K. Tibana   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Role of Nephrostomy in poorly functioning kidneys in patients with ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJO)

open access: yesIranian Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 2019
Introduction: Several studies have addressed the unique management challenges in poorly functioning kidneys of patients with ureteropelvic junction obstruction.
Vijayendra Kumar   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Workup and conservative management of ileal conduit-vaginal fistulas: review of literature. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Ileal conduit-vaginal fistulas are a rare but challenging complication of urinary diversion. Here we identify risk factors and summarize the workup and conservative management strategies for this complication.
Chowdhury, Mashrin Lira   +3 more
core  

To Save or not to Save the Kidney: Relieving Unilateral Obstruction May Significantly Improve an Initially Low Split Renal Creatinine Clearance

open access: yesJournal of Urological Surgery, 2016
Objective The aim of this study was to evaluate the change in acute/subacute unilateral renal function after the relief of complete unilateral ureteral obstruction by nephrostomy.
Cenk Murat Yazıcı   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Quality of life, pain and anxiety in patients with nephrostomy tubes

open access: yesRevista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem, 2019
Objective: to evaluate the impact on the quality of life as well as anxiety and pain in patients with nephrostomy tubes. Method: this is a longitudinal descriptive study performed on a sample of n=150 patients.
L. M. Fernández-Cacho, R. Ayesa-Arriola
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Visualization of the renal vein filled with contrast agent may indicate the renal vein injury during percutaneous nephrolithotomy: two case reports

open access: yesBMC 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   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Retroperitoneoscopic pyelolithotomy as initial treatment for upper urinary tract large stone. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
We report a case in which retroperitoneoscopic pyelolithotomy was the procedure selected to treat a large stone in the upper urinary tract. A 71-year-old woman who had multiple cerebral infarction and dementia was admitted with a persistent high fever ...
Kumon, Hiromi   +4 more
core   +1 more source

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