Gallbladder injury after Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy: A case report
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Amir Reza Abedi1, Niki Tadayon2, Seyyed Ali Hojjati3
1Men's Health & Reproductive Health Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Abstract:
Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy (PCNL) is the gold standard treatment of large kidney stones that has rare but serious complications such as gallbladder injury. In this article, a 62-year-old woman with a right lower kidney who was scheduled for PCNL was presented. The patient had acute abdomen on the first day after PCNL, so explorative laparotomy and cholecystectomy were done. The patient was discharged five days after surgery in good condition.
Section Headings:
Endourology/Stone Disease.
