... tubeless mPCNL or mPCNL with ureter catheter in a prospective randomized clinical trial. Methods: From May 2017 to December 2017, 60 patients with kidney stone who underwent mPCNL were randomized into 3 groups: Group I (mPCNL), Group II (partial tubeless mPCNL), Group III (mPCNL with ureter catheter). We...

...Seyed Mohammad Kazem Aghamir; Reza Elmimehr; Seyed Saeed Modaresi; Alborz Salavati Purpose: To assess bleeding complications in totally tubeless double-access percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) and compare it with the single-access method. Methods: One hundred and seven patients with large...

...Lu Sun; Fang-Li Peng Objectives: To report and discuss the role of the treatment of ipsilateral renal and upper middle ureteral stones in patients by combing retroperitoneal laparoscopic surgery with tubeless mini-percutaneous nephrolithotomy. Patients and Methods: Eleven patients associated...

...Tarik Amer; Kamran Ahmed; Matthew Bultitude; Shahid Khan; Pardeep Kumar; Antonella De Rosa; Mohammed Shamim Khan; Nicholas Hegarty Objective: This article systematically analyses comparative studies to evaluate the efficacy and safety of tubeless percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) versus standard...

...Berkan Resorlu; Cengiz Kara; Erhan Sahin; Ali Unsal Objectives: Placement of multiple nephrostomy tubes is the standard practice after completion of multitract percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) to reduce hemorrhage and urinary extravasation.We compared the outcomes among tubeless, single...

...Yeong-chin Jou; Chang-te Lin; Cheng-huang Shen; Ming-chin Cheng; Pi-che Chen Aim: To evaluate the safety of tubeless percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) in geriatric patients. Materials and Method: This is a retrospective review of 401 patients who received tubeless PCNL in a single institute...