Percutaneous nephrolithotomy in patients with a solitary kidney

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Suelozgen T., Budak S., Celik O., Yalbuzdag O., Mertoglu O., Isoglu S., ...More

ARCHIVIO ITALIANO DI UROLOGIA E ANDROLOGIA, vol.86, no.4, pp.253-256, 2014 (ESCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 86 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2014
  • Doi Number: 10.4081/aiua.2014.4.253
  • Journal Name: ARCHIVIO ITALIANO DI UROLOGIA E ANDROLOGIA
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.253-256
  • Keywords: Percutaneous nephrolithotomy, Solitary kidney, Urinary calculi
  • Bezmialem Vakıf University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Material and method: The results of percutaneous nephrolithotomy applied to 716 patients in our clinic between January 2008 and January 2014 were retrospectively evaluated. Age, gender, urinary calculi size (mm(2)), urinary calculi localization, ESWL history, operation duration (min), fluoroscopy duration (sec), access type, reason of solitary kidney, hemoglobin drawdown (g/dl) and operation success of the patients with a solitary kidney were recorded. The patients having no preoperative and postoperative non contrast abdominal tomography were excluded from the study.