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Optical puncture combined with balloon dilation PCNL vs. conventional puncture dilation PCNL for kidney stones without hydronephrosis: a retrospective study

BACKGROUND: Accurate puncture and dilation of the target kidney calices for percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) can be difficult. This study aimed to investigate the advantages of PCNL using optical puncture (i.e. the puncture is visualized on a screen as seen through the needle) combined with ballo...

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Autores principales: Zhou, Mi, He, Xiang, Zhang, Yuelong, Yu, Weiwen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6882241/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31775711
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12894-019-0558-1