Open AccessPercutaneous nephrolithotomy in pediatric age group: Assessment of effectiveness and complications
Author(s) -
Ender Özden,
Mehmet Necmettin Mercimek
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
world journal of nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2220-6124
DOI - 10.5527/wjn.v5.i1.84
Subject(s) - percutaneous nephrolithotomy , medicine , kidney stones , incidence (geometry) , kidney stone disease , kidney disease , urinary system , percutaneous , surgery , general surgery , urology , physics , optics
Management of kidney stone disease in pediatric population is a challenging condition in urology practice. While the incidence of kidney stone is increasing in those group, technological innovations have conrtibuted to the development of minimally invasive treatment of urinary stone disease such as mini-percutenous nephrolitotomy (mini-PCNL), micro-PCNL, ultra mini-PCNL. In this review we tried to evaluate the effect of new teratment techniques on pediatric kidney stones.