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Case Reports
. 1985 Sep;134(3):525-7.
doi: 10.1016/s0022-5347(17)47274-0.

Percutaneous transperitoneal approach to a pelvic kidney for endourological removal of staghorn calculus

A M Eshghi, J S Roth, A D Smith
Case Reports

Percutaneous transperitoneal approach to a pelvic kidney for endourological removal of staghorn calculus

A M Eshghi et al. J Urol. 1985 Sep.

Abstract

Percutaneous access to a pelvic kidney was obtained by retrograde nephrostomy in combination with continuous observation and displacement of bowel loops via a laparoscope. A staghorn calculus was removed by ultrasonic lithotripsy and mechanical extraction, and the patient was discharged from the hospital 5 days later.

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