Open AccessA comparative study of minimally invasive percutaneous nephrolithotomy and retrograde intrarenal surgery for solitary renal stone of 1–2 cm
Author(s) -
Mayank Jain,
C S Manohar,
M Nagabhushan,
R. Keshavamurthy
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
urology annals
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.355
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 0974-7834
pISSN - 0974-7796
DOI - 10.4103/ua.ua_10_20
Subject(s) - medicine , percutaneous nephrolithotomy , surgery , blood loss , prospective cohort study , tertiary care , percutaneous
PCNL is the treatment of choice for renal stones. But wide array of complications due to larger tract size(>20 Fr) has lead to development of improved techniques like miniPCNL(<20 Fr) and RIRS(Retrograde intrarenal surgery).