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Pulmonary complications of percutaneous nephrostomy and kidney stone extraction
A O'Donnell1, C Schoenberger, J Weiner
1Department of Medicine, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20007.
Southern Medical Journal
|August 1, 1988
Abstract:
Percutaneous nephrostomy and percutaneous removal of kidney stones are widely used procedures that obviate the need for open urologic surgery in many patients. In six patients who had percutaneous renal manipulation, pulmonary complications of varying severity developed, including urinothorax, pneumothorax, hemorrhage, pleural effusion, pneumonia, and atelectasis. Patients having percutaneous renal manipulation should be monitored during and after the procedure for pulmonary complications.