Case selection and implementation of tubeless percutaneous nephrolithotomy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The tubeless percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) was proposed to eliminate the side effects of the nephrostomy tube in recent years, such as pain, channel infection, postoperative bleeding, and longer hospital stay. But there is neither clinical guidelines nor consensus about tubeless PCNL in clinical practice. The study is aimed to how to implement the tubeless PCNL step by step, including case selection preoperatively, improving the technique of the surgeon, making the correct decisions at the end of the procedure, which had not been previously examined.

Methods

From January 2017 to March 2018, 364 consecutive patients requiring PCNL were comprehensively analyzed preoperatively and patients were selected for scheduled tubeless PCNL based on four aspects. The sel

SUBMITTER: Mao YH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8421842 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature