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G Lingardh

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Percutaneous nephrolithotomy in children.

Percutaneous nephrolithotomy was performed on 18 children with renal calculi. No mortality resulted from this procedure and hemorrhage was the major complication. At the end of treatment 67% of the patients were stone-free and 82% of targeted stones were removed. Percutaneous nephrolithotomy can be considered a successful treatment in the management of the pediatric patient with renal calculi.

Adolescent↗

Bone marrow examination as a diagnostic tool in carcinoma of the prostate.

155 patients with a newly discovered carcinoma of the prostate were investigated for the presence of bone metastases. Straight X-ray (conventional X-ray) revealed such secondary in 38 cases and bone marrow examination in 20. Three patients with a normal X-ray picture nevertheless showed cancer cells on bone marrow examination. The authors consider bone marrow examination as a valuable complement to the routine invedtigation of the patients with carcinoma of the prostate.

Adenocarcinoma↗