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Percutaneous stone removal with the patient in a flank position
K Kerbl1, R V Clayman, P S Chandhoke
1Department of Surgery (Division of Urology), Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
The Journal of Urology
|March 1, 1994
Abstract:
We report a case of percutaneous removal of a staghorn calculus that was accomplished in a morbidly obese patient while he was in a full flank position. In this position, the stone could be successfully accessed and fragmented without compromising the pulmonary status of the patient.