Is it necessary to have a guidewire down through the ureter during mini percutaneous nephrolithotomy? Single-centre experience with 1052 cases

GÖKCE M. İ., BABAYİĞİT M., KUBİLAY E., AYDOĞ E., Oktar A., Akpinar Ç., ...More

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PRACTICE, vol.75, no.9, 2021 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 75 Issue: 9
  • Publication Date: 2021
  • Doi Number: 10.1111/ijcp.14430
  • Journal Name: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PRACTICE
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, CAB Abstracts, CINAHL, EMBASE, International Pharmaceutical Abstracts, MEDLINE
  • Ankara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objectives In this study, it is aimed to identify the rate of successful placement of a guidewire down through the ureter during PNL and to compare the outcomes of different locations of guidewires in the collecting system following renal puncture in terms of success and complications rates.