Review: Second-look nephroscopy after percutaneous nephrolithotomy

Percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) is the standard of care for the management of large renal stone burdens. Residual stones after PCNL may be cleared with a second-look nephroscopy. Determining whether a patient should undergo a second-look procedure is based on both the intraoperative findings and...

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Main Author: Bodo E. Knudsen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2009-04-01
Series:Therapeutic Advances in Urology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1756287209103973