Outcomes of percutaneous nephrolithotomy versus open stone surgery for patients with staghorn calculi

Outcomes of percutaneous nephrolithotomy versus open stone surgery for patients with staghorn calculi

Objectives: Advances in shock wave lithotripsy and endourological procedures have markedly limited the need for open surgery in the treatment of renal stones. We retrospectively compared the clinical outcomes of percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PNL)-based therapy with open stone surgery (OSS) to treat...

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Main Authors: Friedrich Bo-Yuan Zhang, Wun-Rong Lin, Stone Yang, Jong-Ming Hsu, Huang-Kuang Chang, Marcelo Chen, Allen W. Chiu, Wen-Chou Lin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-06-01
Series:Urological Science
Subjects:
open stone surgery
percutaneous nephrolithotomy
staghorn calculi
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1879522617300076

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