Percutaneous Stone Removal: New Approaches to Access and Imaging

Percutaneous renal access and removal of large renal calculi was first described nearly 40 years ago and has since become the gold standard in management of large and complex renal calculi. In this same time period, technological and medical advances have allowed this procedure to develop in improve...

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Published in:Current urology reports 2015-05, Vol.16 (5), p.29-29, Article 29
Main Authors: Slater, Rick C., Ost, Michael
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Diagnostic Imaging
Humans
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Nephrolithiasis - diagnosis
Nephrolithiasis - surgery
Nephrology
Nephrostomy, Percutaneous - methods
New Imaging Techniques (A Rastinehad and S Rais-Bahrami
Section Editors
Surgery, Computer-Assisted
Topical Collection on New Imaging Techniques
Urology
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Summary:Percutaneous renal access and removal of large renal calculi was first described nearly 40 years ago and has since become the gold standard in management of large and complex renal calculi. In this same time period, technological and medical advances have allowed this procedure to develop in improved efficacy and morbidity. The following review offers an update to new approaches to percutaneous renal access and imaging in the management of large and complex renal calculi.
ISSN:1527-2737
1534-6285
DOI:10.1007/s11934-015-0501-2