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Fluoroscopy-free ultrasonography-guided percutaneous nephrolithotomy in pediatric patients: a single-center experience

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Abstract

Objectives

To present the safety and efficacy of fluoroscopy-free ultrasound-guided PCNL for the treatment of renal calculi in pediatric patients of all ages.

Methods

30 children with mean age of 5 years (6 months–12 years) underwent totally ultrasound-guided PCNL from March 2013 to August 2016. The pyelocalyceal system was punctured in prone position using only ultrasonography guidance, and the tract was dilated using a single shot dilation technique. No fluoroscopy was used during any of the stages of renal access. The procedure was performed using adult-sized instruments.

Results

The mean stone size was 27.1 ± 8.7 mm. Mean access time was 4.3 ± 2 min. Mean nephroscopic time was 34.6 ± 15.2 min. Mean hospital stay of patients was 3 days (range 2–5). 21 patients were stone-free after the procedure (70% success rate). Only four patients out of 30 experienced postoperative complications.

Conclusions

The results of this study showed that fluoroscopic-free ultrasound-guided PCNL in pediatric patients of all ages is safe, highly efficient, and minimizes potential radiation exposure risks associated with the procedure.

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The authors would like to acknowledge our colleagues at the Labbafinejad Hospital Operating Room, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, for their valuable suggestions on this manuscript.

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  1. Department of Urology, Urology and Nephrology Research Center, Shahid Labbafinejad Medical Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    Akbar Nouralizadeh, Farzaneh Sharifiaghdas, Abbas Basiri, Mohammad Hadi Radfar, Mohammad Hossein Soltani, Mahmoodreza Nasiri, Esmaeil Rezghi Maleki & Behzad Narouie

  2. Department of Urology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

    Hamid Pakmanesh

  3. Department of Urology, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran

    Mahmoodreza Nasiri

  4. Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA

    Emal Lesha

  5. Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA

    Mohammad Ghasemi-Rad

  6. Department of Urology, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran

    Behzad Narouie

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AN Project development, Data collection and management. FS Project development, Data collection and management. HP Data analysis, Manuscript writing and editing. AB Project development. MHR Project development. MHS Project development, Data collection and management. MN Data collection and management. ERM Data collection and management. EL Data analysis, Manuscript writing and editing. MGR Data analysis, Manuscript writing and editing. BN Project development, Data analysis, Manuscript writing and editing.

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All procedures performed in the study that involved human participants were approved by the Ethics Committee of the Urology and Nephrology Research Center (UNRC) at the Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, and were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.

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Nouralizadeh, A., Sharifiaghdas, F., Pakmanesh, H. et al. Fluoroscopy-free ultrasonography-guided percutaneous nephrolithotomy in pediatric patients: a single-center experience. World J Urol 36, 667–671 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00345-018-2184-z

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