LI Long-kun,SONG Cai-ping,LI Wei-bing,YAN Jun-an,ZHANG Rui-qi,SONG Bo.Percutaneous nephrolithotomy for staghorn nephrolithiasis[J].J Amry Med Univ (J Third Mil Med Univ),2007,29(15):1530-1532.
LI Long-kun,SONG Cai-ping,LI Wei-bing,YAN Jun-an,ZHANG Rui-qi,SONG Bo.Percutaneous nephrolithotomy for staghorn nephrolithiasis[J].J Amry Med Univ (J Third Mil Med Univ),2007,29(15):1530-1532.DOI:
Objective To report the experience of percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) in the treatment of staghorn nephrolithiasis. Methods Totally 158 patients with staghorn nephrolithiasis treated by PCNL or together with extracorporeal shock-wave lithoclasty (ESWL) were retrospectively reviewed. Results Sixty-four patients were well cured with one-staged PCNL
73 with PCNL plus ESWL
and 46 with more than two-staged PCNL. Stone clearance rate was 83.5%. The complications included shock in 13 patients
fever in 9
gross hematuria in 47
discomfort in 23
postoperative removal of double pigtail stents in 9 (5 due to serious hematuria
4 for unendurable discomfort). Conclusion PCNL is an effective surgery for staghorn calculus
however the occurrence of shock should be paid attention to.