For patients with kidney stones measuring one to two centimeters, a technique called mini-percutaneous nephrolithotomy (mini-PCNL) provides a higher stone elimination rate than another minimally ...

Percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) is a minimally invasive, gold standard procedure used for removing large kidney stones. Creating an access from the skin on the back to the kidney, called renal ...

Background. A 32-year-old man was referred to a tertiary care center for stone management. The patient had initially presented to his primary physician 3 months earlier with right flank pain of 2 ...

Multimedia slide animation to depict stone removal from the kidney with a key hole surgery called Percutaneous Nephro-Lithotomy or PCNL. This is a major endoscopic procedure needing hospitalization ...

2.1.1 Renal stones are hard masses that form from crystals in urine. They range in size from small gravel-like stones to large stones that extend into more than one calyx (staghorn calculi). Although ...

Hospital readmissions are frequent and costly. In many countries health governors focus on unplanned postsurgical hospital readmissions as an objective metric for quality of care. To investigate the ...