[Nephrotomy closure with fibrin glue]

In 45 patients staghorn calculi were removed in hypothermic ischaemia by one or several nephrotomies. The renal parenchyma was without parenchymal sutures atraumatically treated with the fibrin adhesive and a continuous renal capsule suture. After this simple technique of the adhesion of renal parenchyma no complications which needed operation occurred.