Does Bleeding During Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy Necessitate keeping the Nephrostomy Tube?A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

PURPOSE: To compare outcomes in two groups of patients with kept and discarded nephrostomy tube after percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) complicated with bleeding. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Two hundred patients who had undergone PCNL complicated with hemorrhage were recruited in this study. Patients w...

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Main Authors: Mohammad Reza Zeighami, Ramin Haghighi, Mohammad Javad Soleimani, Masoud Etemadian, Neda Najimi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Urology and Nephrology Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences 2011-03-01
Series:Urology Journal
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Online Access:http://www.urologyjournal.org/index.php/uj/article/view/927/527