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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
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Computer-assisted access to the kidney [PDF]
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 +11 more
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Percutaneous nephrostomy in infants
We reviewed our experience with percutaneous nephrostomy placement in children less than one year of age during a five-year period. Placement was successful in 8 of 9 cases. There were no complications. The procedure favorably altered the outcome for each patient and was useful for reversing azotemia prior to surgical intervention for repair of an ...
Alan H. Matsumoto +3 more
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Factors Affecting Success of the Reinsertion of Nephrostomy Catheters through the Original Tract
Objective: To investigate the success rate and the factors affecting the success of percutaneous nephrostomy catheter reinsertion using the existing percutaneous tract.
Mustafa Gök +2 more
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The surgical technique of subcutaneous renovesical bypass
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 +4 more
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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 +4 more
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Gas-producing renal infection presenting as pneumaturia: a case report [PDF]
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
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Emergency Percutaneous Nephrostomy [PDF]
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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Non-vascular interventional procedures: effective dose to patient and equivalent dose to abdominal organs by means of dicom images and Monte Carlo simulation [PDF]
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 +9 more
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Treatment of renal stones by extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy - An update [PDF]
Aim: Despite the extensive experience with minimal invasive stone therapy, there are still different views on the ideal management of renal stones. Materials and Methods: Analysis of the literature includes more than 14,000 patients.
Chaussy, Christian +3 more
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