Management of inferior vena cava injury and secondary thrombosis after percutaneous nephrolithotomy: a case report.

ABSTRACT: Percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) remains an important method for treating upper urinary calculi. However, bleeding and peripheral vascular injury are serious complications of PCNL. Injury of the inferior vena cava accompanied by secondary thrombosis has rarely been reported clinically. We treated a patient who experienced bleeding during PCNL to establish a channel. A catheter was used to make a renal fistula, and the inferior vena cava was implanted. The wound was fixed and compressed by balloon injection, and secondary thrombosis and repeated infection occurred after the operation. A filter was then placed, the water balloon was released, and the fistula was removed. The anti-bacterial and anticoagulant filter was removed. This major complication was successfully managed. In our patie

SUBMITTER: Li P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8647260 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature