Percutaneous extraction of renal stones: experience in 100 patients

Lee, W J; Loh, Guek Yoong Moon; Smith, A D; White, Edward; Greenspan, Bennett S.; Vernace, Frances; Pochaczevsky, Rubem

doi:10.2214/ajr.144.3.457

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“…Since patients treated by percutaneous extraction have a shorter convalescence, they are able to return to normal activities much sooner than those undergoing conventional surgical stone removal [7][8][9]. This earlier return to work, the absence of a surgical scar, and the relative ease with which these procedures may be performed in patients with previous surgery have made the percutaneous approach the preferred method of treating renal stones in many hospitals.…”

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