Incidence, prevention, and management of complications following percutaneous nephrolitholapaxy

European Urology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 146-158

  Seitz, Christian ^a   Desai, Mahesh ^b   Häcker, Axel ^c   Hakenberg, Oliver W ^d   Liatsikos, Evangelos ^e   Nagele, Udo ^f   Tolley, David ^g  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MULJIBHAI PATEL UROLOGICAL HOSPITAL   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d ROSTOCK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^f General Hospital Hall in Tyrol ^*  (Austria)

^g WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clavien; Complication; Incidence; Management; PCNL; Percutaneous nephrolitholapaxy; PNL; Prevention; Review; Urolithiasis

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY SURGERY; MESH HEADING; MORTALITY; NEPHROLITHOTOMY; NEPHROSTOMY; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROLITHOLAPAXY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UROLITHIASIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROSTOMY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NEPHROSTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROLITHIASIS;

EID: 82255162710     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: 18737560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2011.09.016     Document Type: Review

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