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Percutaneous nephrolithotomy.

J E Wickham·M J Kellett
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Small mobile stones in the major renal collecting system can be extracted through a percutaneous tract. Initially the radiologist performs a conventional percutaneous needle nephrostomy and inserts a pigtail catheter into the renal pelvis. Over the next week the tract formed is serially dilated to a size large enough to pass a cystoscope into the kidney. The calculi are trapped by a stone basket and removed. The many advantages of this relatively atraumatic procedure are discussed.

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J E Wickham, M J Kellett. 1981. Percutaneous nephrolithotomy.. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1464-410x.1981.tb03181.x

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