Percutaneous nephrolithotomy(PCNL)has achieved remarkable acceptance during the past decade.The minimization of the instruments used and flexible scope improvements helped lead to its popularity.A previous literature ...Percutaneous nephrolithotomy(PCNL)has achieved remarkable acceptance during the past decade.The minimization of the instruments used and flexible scope improvements helped lead to its popularity.A previous literature proved that the tract size was positively correlated with the rate of bleeding and renal injuries.11 On the basis of this conception,we devised a new PCNL technique,called"needle-perc"as the needle was even thinner than the micro-perc technique.In this study,we present our initial experience of using the needle-perc method to deal with small renal stones and to assess its feasibility and safety as new instrumentation in the field of minimally invasive endourology.展开更多
基金This study was supported by a grant of the Capital Health Research and Development of Special(No.2016-1-2241).
文摘Percutaneous nephrolithotomy(PCNL)has achieved remarkable acceptance during the past decade.The minimization of the instruments used and flexible scope improvements helped lead to its popularity.A previous literature proved that the tract size was positively correlated with the rate of bleeding and renal injuries.11 On the basis of this conception,we devised a new PCNL technique,called"needle-perc"as the needle was even thinner than the micro-perc technique.In this study,we present our initial experience of using the needle-perc method to deal with small renal stones and to assess its feasibility and safety as new instrumentation in the field of minimally invasive endourology.
