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CT ‐guided nephrostomy: Re‐inventing the wheel for the occasional interventionalist
Author(s) -
Smith Paul Edmund,
Luong Ian Thuan Hien,
Vliet Andrew Hans
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.31
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1754-9485
pISSN - 1754-9477
DOI - 10.1111/1754-9485.12720
Subject(s) - medicine , percutaneous nephrostomy , percutaneous , nephrostomy , radiology , computed tomography , interventional radiology , medical physics
Percutaneous nephrostomy insertion has, in recent times, become a subspecialised skill performed by an interventional trained Radiologist. However, this creates access issues, particularly in remote and regional medical centres. In this article, we describe a simple and effective method for computed tomography ( CT )‐guided percutaneous nephrostomy insertion, utilising the CT interventional skills of the general radiologist.