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Duodenal damage complicating percutaneous access to kidney
A C Lopes Neto1, M Tobias-Machado, R V Juliano
1Faculdade de Medicina do ABC, Santo André, SP, Brazil.
Context:
Since the first percutaneous nephrostomy performed by Goodwin in 1954, technical advances in accessing the kidneys via percutaneous puncture have increased the use of this procedure and thus the complications too. Among these complications, digestive tract damage is not common.
Design:
Case report.
Case Report:
We report a duodenal lesion that was corrected using surgical exploration and we touch on the therapeutic options, which may be conservative or interventionist. We chose conservative treatment, which has been approached in diverse manners in the literature.
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