Previous Open Renal Surgery Increased Vascular Complications in Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy (PCNL) Compared with Primary and Secondary PCNL and Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy Patients: A Retrospective Study

Süleyman Yeşil, Ufuk Öztürk, Hasan Nedim Göksel Göktuğ, Can Tuygun, İsmail Nalbant, Abdurrahim İmamoğlu

Urologia Internationalis · 2013 · 27 citations · 14 references

Abstract

Vascular complication is a rare complication of PCNL that can be successfully managed with angioembolisation. Our results indicate that previous open surgery significantly predicted the occurrence of these lesions.

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