Percutaneous nephrolithotomy : experience with renal and proximal ureteral calculi at Tygerberg Hospital

dc.contributor.authorVan Niekerk, L. R.en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorDe Klerk, D. P.en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorDe Kock, M. L. S.en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorSchmidt, A. C.en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorStockland, B.en_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2011-03-18T14:57:26Z
dc.date.available2011-03-18T14:57:26Z
dc.date.issued1988
dc.descriptionCITATION: Van Niekerk, L. R. et al. 1988. Percutaneous nephrolithotomy : experience with renal and proximal ureteral calculi at Tygerberg Hospital. South African Medical Journal, 73:5-8.
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at http://www.samj.org.za
dc.description.abstractPercutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCN) enables the urologist to remove upper urinary tract stones through a percutaneous nephrostomy tract. The principal advantages of PCN are the low morbidity, shortened hospital stay and rapid recovery. Percutaneous puncture failed in 5 (11%) of the first 44 patients with upper tract urolithiasis treated by PCN at Tygerberg Hospital. In 35 patients (80%) PCN cleared the kidney of stones but in 4 patients (9%) all stone fragments were not removed during the procedure. If the puncture and dilatation was successful, then 90% of patients were stone-free after PCN. Complications were minimal except for a diabetic who died of septicaemia. PCN is an alternative to open renal surgery in the management of most upper urinary tract stones. The technique is readily mastered by any urologist experienced in endoscopic surgery.
dc.description.versionPublisher’s version
dc.format.extent4 pages
dc.identifier.issn2078-5135 (online)
dc.identifier.issn0256-9574 (print)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/7415
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherHealth & Medical Publishing Group
dc.rights.holderSouth African Medical Journal
dc.subjectUrinary organs -- Calculien_ZA
dc.titlePercutaneous nephrolithotomy : experience with renal and proximal ureteral calculi at Tygerberg Hospitalen_ZA
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