Staghorn calculi comprise a unique subset of complex kidney stone disease. Percutaneous
nephrolithotomy (PCNL) is the gold standard treatment for staghorn stones. Despite …

Purpose: To compare preoperative midstream urine cultures (PMUC) and renal pelvic urine
culture (RPUC) or stone culture (SC) in predicting systemic inflammatory response …

Percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) is a minimally invasive procedure for removing renal
calculi, while a large number of patients experience acute moderate-to-severe pain despite …

Objective: To determine how sheath and endoscope size affect intrarenal pelvic pressures
and risk of postoperative infectious complications comparing “Mini” vs “Standard” …

This paper investigates the characteristics of patients who underwent retrograde intrarenal
surgery (RIRS) to determine the predictive factors for post-operative fever and systemic …

Background: Percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) has been widely used to treat renal
stones. The application of PCNL in obese patients results in the emergence of a number of …

Resumen La Sociedad Argentina de Infectología y otras sociedades científicas han
actualizado estas recomendaciones utilizando, además de información internacional, la de …

Retrograde intrarenal surgery (RIRS) is one of the main surgical methods for upper urinary
calculi, but severe complications of infection may occur after surgery. This study aimed to …

Background: Systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) is a dangerous complication
after percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) and retrograde intrarenal surgery (RIRS). We …

There is evidence that inflammation response biomarkers are positivity associated with
bacteremia and urosepsis. The objective of this study was to investigate the value of …