PERCUTANEOUS REMOVAL OF STONE FROM CALICEAL DIVERTICULUM IN PATIENT WITH NEPHROPTOSIS

Authors
GOLDFISCHER ER STRAVODIMOS KG JABBOUR ME KLIMA WJ SMITH AD
Citation
Er. Goldfischer et al., PERCUTANEOUS REMOVAL OF STONE FROM CALICEAL DIVERTICULUM IN PATIENT WITH NEPHROPTOSIS, Journal of endourology, 12(4), 1998, pp. 365-366
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Urology & Nephrology
Journal title
Journal of endourology → ACNP
ISSN journal
08927790
Volume
12
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
365 - 366
Database
ISI
SICI code
0892-7790(1998)12:4<365:PROSFC>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
A novel method is introduced for percutaneous stone extraction from a lower pole caliceal diverticulum in a patient with nephroptosis, also known as a floating kidney. The patient was fully recovered and asympt omatic at 2 months postoperatively with her kidney fixed in the flank position.