Is there still a place for percutaneous nephrolithotomy in current times?

E De Lorenzis, SP Zanetti, L Boeri… - Journal of Clinical …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background: Percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) and its miniaturized modifications are
usually considered the standard surgical options for large (> 20 mm) staghorn and infected …

Effectiveness of percutaneous nephrolithotomy, retrograde intrarenal surgery, and extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy for treatment of renal stones: a systematic …

CH Kim, DY Chung, KH Rha, JY Lee, SH Lee - Medicina, 2020 - mdpi.com
Background and objectives: To perform a updated systematic review and meta-analysis
comparing effectiveness of percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL), retrograde intrarenal …

Clinical comparison of mini-percutaneous nephrolithotomy with vacuum cleaner effect or with a vacuum-assisted access sheath: a single-center experience

E Lievore, L Boeri, SP Zanetti, I Fulgheri… - Journal of …, 2021 - liebertpub.com
Purpose: To compare outcomes of two different miniaturized percutaneous nephrolithotomy
(PCNL) techniques: minimally invasive PCNL (MIP) with the vacuum cleaner effect and …

The comprehensive complication index as a tool for reporting the burden of complications after mini-percutaneous nephrolithotomy: is it time to leave the Clavien …

L Boeri, M Turetti, C Silvani, I Fulgheri… - World Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Purpose To validate the comprehensive complication index (CCI) for mini-percutaneous
nephrolithotomy (mPCNL). Methods Data from 287 patients who underwent mPCNL were …

Feasibility and relevance of urine culture during stone fragmentation in patients undergoing percutaneous nephrolithotomy and retrograde intrarenal surgery: a …

E De Lorenzis, L Boeri, A Gallioli, M Fontana… - World Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Purpose We evaluated if, during lithotripsy, bacteria may be detected in the irrigation fluid of
percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) and retrograde intrarenal surgery (RIRS). The …

Vacuum-assisted mini-percutaneous nephrolithotomy is associated with lower rates of infectious complications compared to vacuum-cleaner procedure in patients at …

A Marmiroli, M Nizzardo, SP Zanetti, G Lucignani… - World Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Purpose To evaluate the impact of vacuum-assisted mini-percutaneous nephrolithotomy
(vamPCNL) vs. vacuum-cleaner mPCNL (vcmPCNL) on the rate of postoperative infectious …

Urologists are optimistic surgeons: prevalence and predictors of discordance between intraoperative stone-free rate and cross-sectional imaging evaluation after …

LMI Jannello, M Turetti, C Silvani, G Galbiati… - World Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Purpose To assess how accurate are urologists in predicting stone-free status (SFS) after
vacuum-assisted mini-PCNL (vamPCNL) compared to computed tomography (CT) and …

Cost analysis between mini-percutaneous nephrolithotomy with and without vacuum-assisted access sheath

E Lievore, SP Zanetti, I Fulgheri, M Turetti… - World Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Purpose To perform a cost analysis between vacuum-assisted percutaneous
nephrolithotomy (vmPCNL) and minimally invasive PCNL (MIP) and explore potential …

A randomized controlled trial comparing infectious complications using mini perc with and without suction for renal stones less than 3 cm in size

N Pathak, S Agrawal, A Parikh, N Shete, A Singh… - Urolithiasis, 2023 - Springer
The purpose was to do a study to compare infectious complications in patients operated for
MiniPerc or Minimally invasive Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy (MPCNL) using MIP and …

[HTML][HTML] Prone percutaneous nephrolithotomy: its advantages and our technique for puncture

DM Carrion, JR Cansino, LM Quintana… - Translational …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) is considered the treatment of choice for large
urinary calculi and staghorn lithiasis. The approach for this surgery may be either supine or …