Percutaneous nephrolithotomy: 211 cases

The case files of 198 patients with a stone, treated by percutaneous nephro lithotomy between 1985 and 1999, were studied. This series consisted of 113 men and 85 women with a mean age of 41 years (17-71 years). The stone was in the pelvis (167 cases) of the kidney, multiple in 40 cases and staghorn in four cases. The complications were septic in six cases and hemorrhagic i n five cases. The overall stone-free rate at three months was 92%. (C) 2001 Editions scientifiques et medicales Elsevier SAS.