Open AccessHeart of Darkness
Author(s) -
P. Alken
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of endourology case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 1
ISSN - 2379-9889
DOI - 10.1089/cren.2016.0114
Subject(s) - novella , percutaneous nephrolithotomy , darkness , medicine , reading (process) , surgery , art , literature , percutaneous , philosophy , biology , botany , linguistics
Significant literature has an impact on the reader. Reading the novella Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad as a young boy rose emotions comparable to those I felt when losing a patient after percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) as a grown up. The case of a 37-year-old woman with bilateral staghorn and a fatal outcome after PCNL is presented and alternatives are discussed.
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