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[Our results with percutaneous nephrolithotomy. Report of 61 cases]
K el Khader1, T Karmouni, K Tazi
1Service d'urologie B, hôpital Avicenne, Rabat, Maroc.
Annales D'Urologie
|January 9, 2001
Abstract:
Between January 1990 and December 1997, 61 patients with renal calculi underwent percutaneous nepholithotomy. In the immediate postoperative period, 49 renal units (80.3%) were stone-free. At three months, our overall success rate was 91.8% after spontaneous elimination of non-significant residual calculi (< 3 mm). Complications were observed in 9.8% (six cases); hemorrhage and sepsis were the major complications. Percutaneous nephrolithotomy is an effective, safe and reliable alternative to the open operation.