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Synchronized bilateral percutaneous nephrolithotripsy in a horseshoe kidney

Author(s) -

RKrishna Rao,

MS Ranganath,

TKrishna Prasad

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

indian journal of urology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.333

H-Index - 30

eISSN - 1998-3824

pISSN - 0970-1591

DOI - 10.4103/0970-1591.38619

Subject(s) - medicine , horseshoe kidney , percutaneous , horseshoe (symbol) , surgery , kidney , open surgery , computer science , programming language

STONE MANAGEMENT IN HORSESHOE KIDNEYS IS CHALLENGING: percutaneous nephrolithotripsy is a safe and effective procedure in the treatment of large stones within horseshoe kidneys. Simultaneous bilateral PCNL has been described with a single surgeon operating sequentially on one renal unit following the other under the same anesthetic. We describe synchronized bilateral PCNL by two operating teams in tandem for a patient with bilateral stag horn calculi associated with a horseshoe kidney.

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