Ultrasound assessment of local complications of percutaneous renal stone removal

✍ Scribed by C. M. Ivory; P. A. Dubbins; I. P. Wells; J. C. Hammonds

• Book ID: 102888942
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1989
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 627 KB
• Volume: 17
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0091-2751
• DOI: 10.1002/jcu.1870170507

✦ Synopsis

Ultrasound evaluation of 20 consecutive patients undergoing percutaneous renal stone removal demonstrated fluid collections around the kidney to be common, occurring in 12 (60%). One was intraperitoneal, 7 were perirenal, and 4 were in the track through the posterior abdominal wall. In only 1 were related clinical complications evident.

At long-term follow-up, local capsular thickening related to a surface dimple was seen at the puncture site in 66%, and fine cortical scars were visible in 33%. Apart from one slightly larger local cortical scar related to a segmental infarction, no other change related to the procedure was demonstrated.