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A Two-Step Method for Percutaneous Transhepatic Choledochoscopic Lithotomy
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Case report: bilateral simultaneous tubeless and stentless percutaneous nephrolithotomy
Okan M Istanbulluoglu1, Bulent Ozturk, Tufan Cicek
1Baskent University, Feritpasa Mah Kerkuk Cad, Konya, Turkey. drokanist@yahoo.com
Journal of Endourology
|January 8, 2008
Abstract:
A 39-year-old man underwent percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) for bilateral renal stone without stent and tube insertion. To our knowledge, this is the first report of bilateral simultaneous tubeless and stentless PCNL. The advantage of this technique in renal stone surgery is discussed.
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