Open AccessPercutaneous nephrolithotomy in children: A preliminary report
Author(s) -
Ahmad A. Elderwy,
Mohamed Gadelmoula,
Mohamed A. Elgammal,
Ehab Osama,
Hamdan Alhazmi,
Hisham M. Hammouda,
Esam Osman,
Medhat A. Abdullah,
Khalid Fouda Neel
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
urology annals (print)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.355
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 0974-7834
pISSN - 0974-7796
DOI - 10.4103/0974-7796.134255
Subject(s) - medicine , percutaneous nephrolithotomy , perioperative , surgery , demographics , percutaneous , demography , sociology
The recurrence of pediatric nephrolithiasis, the morbidity of repeated open surgical treatment as well as our experience in percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PNL) in adult patients, all derived us to shift to PNL for managing renal stones >1.5 cm in pediatric patients. Our aim of this study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of PNL in pediatric patients.