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Gallbladder injury after Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy: A case report

Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy (PCNL) is the gold standard treatment of large kidney stones that has rare but serious complications such as gallbladder injury. In this article, a 62-year-old woman with a right lower kidney who was scheduled for PCNL was presented. The patient had acute abdomen on the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Abedi, Amir Reza, Tadayon, Niki, Hojjati, Seyyed Ali
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9109179/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35586403
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2022.102106
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Sumario:Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy (PCNL) is the gold standard treatment of large kidney stones that has rare but serious complications such as gallbladder injury. In this article, a 62-year-old woman with a right lower kidney who was scheduled for PCNL was presented. The patient had acute abdomen on the first day after PCNL, so explorative laparotomy and cholecystectomy were done. The patient was discharged five days after surgery in good condition. SECTION HEADINGS: Endourology/Stone Disease.