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Percutaneous dissolution of uric acid calculi with THAM irrigation

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Urologic radiology

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We describe two patients suffering from uric acid calculi; one had uremia due to obstruction in one kidney, and the other retained fragments after percutaneous nephrolithotomy. They were successfully treated by irrigation of a THAM (tris-hydroxymethyl-aminomethane) solution through percutaneous nephrostomy.

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  1. Department of Urology, Wakayama Medical College, 7-Ban Cho, 640, Wakayama City, Wakayama, Japan

    Shoichi Ebisuno, Toshiro Fukatani, Masanori Yoshida, Kousuke Kumeda & Tadashi Ohkawa

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Ebisuno, S., Fukatani, T., Yoshida, M. et al. Percutaneous dissolution of uric acid calculi with THAM irrigation. Urol Radiol 9, 146–148 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02932646

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