Open stone surgery: a still-in-use approach for complex stone burden

Urinary stone disease is a major urological condition. Endourologic techniques have influenced the clinical approach and outcomes. Open surgery holds a historic importance in the management of most conditions. However, complex kidney stone burden may be amenable to successful results with open stone...

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Published in:Central European journal of urology 2017-01, Vol.70 (2), p.179-184
Main Authors: Çakici, Özer Ural, Ener, Kemal, Keske, Murat, Altinova, Serkan, Canda, Abdullah Erdem, Aldemir, Mustafa, Ardicoglu, Arslan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abdomen
Kidney stones
Lithotripsy
Original Paper
Patients
Surgeons
Surgery
Urine
Urology
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Summary:Urinary stone disease is a major urological condition. Endourologic techniques have influenced the clinical approach and outcomes. Open surgery holds a historic importance in the management of most conditions. However, complex kidney stone burden may be amenable to successful results with open stone surgery. In this article, we report our eighteen cases of complex urinary stone disease who underwent open stone removal. A total of 1701 patients have undergone surgical treatment for urinary stone disease in our clinic between July 2012 and July 2016, comprising eighteen patients who underwent open stone surgery. Patients' demographic data, stone analysis results, postoperative clinical data, and stone status were evaluated retrospectively. The choice of surgical approach is mostly dependent on the surgeon's preference. In two patients, open surgery was undertaken because of perioperative complications. We did not observe any Clavien-Dindo grade 4 or 5 complications. Three patients were managed with a course of antibiotics due to postoperative fever. One patient had postoperative pleurisy, one patient had urinoma, and two patients had postoperative ileus. Mean operation time was 84 (57-124) minutes and mean hospitalization time was 5.5 (3-8) days. Stone-free status was achieved in 15 patients (83.3%). Endourologic approaches are the first options for treatment of urinary stone disease. However, open stone surgery holds its indispensable position in complicated cases and in complex stone burden. Open stone surgery is also a valid alternative to endourologic techniques in all situations.
ISSN:2080-4806
2080-4873
2080-4873
DOI:10.5173/ceju.2017.1205