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Challenges in Diagnosing and Treating Percutaneous Nephrostomy‐Related Urinary Tract Infection in Cancer Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Cancer Medicine
Objective We aimed to evaluate medical decisions regarding urinary tract infection (UTI), describe associated microorganisms, and assess potential risk factors for percutaneous nephrostomy‐related UTI (UTI‐PN).
Jeferson Rodrigo Zanon, Marcelo Jenné Mimica, José Humberto Tavares Guerreiro Fregnani, Ricardo dosReis   +3 more
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Cost-effectiveness of percutaneous nephrostomy vs JJ stent in obstructive urolithiasis: economic evaluation alongside the STent Or NEphrostomy (STONE) randomised controlled trial. [PDF]

BJU Int
Objective To evaluate whether percutaneous nephrostomy (PCN) is cost‐effective compared to JJ ureteric stent in the acute treatment of obstructive urolithiasis. Patients and Methods A randomised controlled non‐inferiority trial with 204 patients with obstructive urolithiasis requiring decompression.
Schuil HW, Hendriks N, El Alili M, Bosmans JE, Duijnhoven RG, Oskam BCH, Arends TJH, Duijvesz D, Horsch AD, van der Heij B, Tjiam I, van Overhage H, Lamers ABGN, van Delden OM, Scheepens W, Drossaerts JMA, d'Ancona FCH, Boering S, van Uhm JIM, van der Meer RW, van Roijen HJH, de Kiefte M, Hendrix AJM, Weltings S, Pelger RCM, Beerlage HP, Kamphuis GM, Schout BMA.   +27 more
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Comparative Study of Silicone and Polyurethane Nephrostomy Catheters used for long-term Urinary Drainage in Malignancy [PDF]

Romanian Journal of Medical Practice, 2017
Despite the modern advancement in endourology, percutaneous nephrostomy play an important role in many urologic conditions, which of the most important is the relief of upper urinary tract in patients with malignancies that interests the ureter or the ...
Nicolae GRIGORE, Valentin PIRVUT, Ionela MIHAI, Adrian HASEGAN   +3 more
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Inserting a Metallic Ureteral Stent Using an Antegrade Approach Freed a Patient from Nephrostomy Created due to Hydronephrosis Caused by Bladder Cancer

Case Reports in Oncology, 2019
For the treatment of internal ureteral orifice invasion of bladder cancer, percutaneous nephrostomy is usually attempted initially. However, percutaneous nephrostomy reduces patients’ quality of day life. A 65-year-old man showed bilateral hydronephrosis
Takashi Kawahara, Daiji Takamoto, Yasuhide Miyoshi, Masahiro Yao, Hiroji Uemura   +4 more
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Ureteroscopy-assisted retrograde nephrostomy for lower calyx calculi in horseshoe kidney: two case reports

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2012
Introduction We previously reported on the effectiveness of ureteroscopy-assisted retrograde nephrostomy during percutaneous nephrolithotomy and report two cases of lower calyx calculi in horseshoe kidney that were successfully treated with ureteroscopy ...
Kawahara Takashi, Ito Hiroki, Terao Hideyuki, Tanaka Katsuyuki, Ogawa Takehiko, Uemura Hiroji, Kubota Yoshinobu, Matsuzaki Junichi   +7 more
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Seeding of a high-grade papillary urothelial carcinoma of the bladder along a nephroureterostomy tract

Radiology Case Reports, 2017
Percutaneous nephrostomy placement is a common treatment for obstructive uropathy of various causes. Although rare in the literature, tumor seeding along the nephrostomy tract is a potential risk of percutaneous nephrostomy in the treatment of ...
Mark Gemender, BS, Elliot Rinzler, MD, Gabriel Werder, MD, Anthony P. Trace, MD, PhD   +3 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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Emergency Percutaneous Nephrostomy [PDF]

Seminars in Interventional Radiology, 2006
The primary indication for the urgent percutaneous nephrostomy is to relieve an obstructed and infected renal collecting system (pyonephrosis). Percutaneous nephrostomy catheter placement is a safe procedure with a high technical success rate. This article will discuss all aspects regarding the emergent placement of nephrostomy catheters, including the
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The results of ultrasound-guided percutaneous nephrostomy tube placement for obstructive uropathy: A single-centre 10-year experience

Urology Research and Practice, 2019
Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the results of ultrasound-guided percutaneous nephrostomy tube placement performed solely by urologists. We present our relevant one decade experience in a tertiary care hospital.
Ozan Efesoy, Barış Saylam, Selahittin Çayan, Erdem Akbay   +3 more
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ALGORITHM FOR TREATMENT OF A CHILD WITH A PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROSTOMY TUBE

Slovenska pediatrija, 2023
Ensuring unimpeded urine drainage from the upper portion of the urinary tract system, specifically the renal pelvis, is achieved through a temporary measure known as percutaneous nephrostomy.
Anamarija Meglič, Sanja Borčič, Robert Kordič, Blaže Podnar, Natalija Sluga   +4 more
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