Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-31-2014
Description
Objective: To present our experience in surgical management of urolithiasis in patients after urinary diversion. Patients and Methods: Twenty patients with urolithiasis after urinary diversion received intervention. Percutaneous nephrolithotomy, percutaneous based antegrade ureteroscopy with semi-rigid or flexible ureteroscope, transurethral reservoir lithotripsy, percutaneous pouch lithotripsy and open operation were performed in 8, 3, 2, 6, and 1 patients, respectively. The operative finding and complications were retrospectively collected and analyzed. Results: The mean stone size was 4.5±3.1 (range 1.5-11.2) cm. The mean operation time was 82.0±11.5 (range 55-120) min. Eighteen patients were rendered stone free with a clearance of 90%. Complications occurred in 3 patients (15%). Two patients (10%) had postoperative fever greater than 38.5°C, and one patient (5%) suffered urine extravasations from percutaneous tract. Conclusions: The percutaneous based procedures, including percutaneous nephrolithotomy, antegrade ureteroscopy with semi-rigid ureteroscope or flexible ureteroscope from percutaneous tract, and percutaneous pouch lithotripsy, provides a direct and safe access to the target stones in patients after urinary diversion, and with high stone free rate and minor complications. The surgical management of urolithiasis in patients after urinary diversion requires comprehensive evaluation and individualized consideration depending upon the urinary diversion type, stone location, stone burden, available resource and surgeon experience.
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Citation Information
Zhong, Wen; Yang, Bicheng; He, Fang; Wang, Liang; Swami, Sunil; and Zeng, Guohua. 2014. Surgical Management of Urolithiasis in Patients After Urinary Diversion. PLoS ONE. Vol.9(10). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0111371 PMID: 25360621
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Copyright: ß 2014 Zhong et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.