Percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PNL): a review of current procedural techniques and developments
Authors:
Ramsay L. Kuo M. D.
Authors‘ workplace:
Capital Region Urology, Albany, NY
Published in:
Urol List 2011; 9(1): 49-54
Overview
Percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PNL) is currently considered the surgical approach of choice for complicated stone burdens. Advances in both the technical aspects of the PNL procedure as well as in the equipment utilized by the surgeon have resulted in improved patient outcomes. This manuscript provides a summary of the current PNL technique with a review of recent procedural developments.
Key words:
percutaneous nephrolithotomy, intracorporeal lithotripter, nephrolithiasis
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