Volume : VIII, Issue : X, October - 2018

Clinical Experience of the Tubeless PCNL using standard Equipments

Dr Shashikant Bhange, Dr Dinesh Badarshahi

Abstract :

 Purpose: Tubeless percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) done under GA by a single uro–surgeon using the conventional instruments and assess the effectiveness and safety of this innovative procedure.

 

Materials and Methods: The analyzed outcomes were stone–free rate, hematuria, hospitalization time, blood loss, and complications.

 

Results: A total of 22 patients were studied in 6 months.DJ stent was not kept in 3 patients. Rest 17 patients were stented. Nephrostomy tube was not kept in any patient.

 

Conclusions: Tubeless PCNL is a safe and effective procedure with a stone clearance rate comparable to that of conventional PCNL. Tubeless PCNL has advantage of a shorter hospital stay, less postoperative urinary leakage, reduced Pain  and minimization of analgesic requirements 

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Dr Shashikant Bhange, Dr Dinesh Badarshahi, Clinical Experience of the Tubeless PCNL using standard Equipments, INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-10 | October-2018

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