PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Streem, Stevan B.
AU  - Zelch, Margaret G.
AU  - Risius, Barbara
AU  - Geisinger, Michael A.
TI  - Single-stage percutaneous extraction of renal calculi
DP  - 1985 Mar 20
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 15--20
VI  - 52
IP  - 1
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/52/1/15.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/52/1/15.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med1985 Mar 20; 52
AB  - The routine application of percutaneous techniques to the management of patients with renal calculous disease is evolving rapidly. Of 74 patients requiring surgery for renal calculous disease, 64 (86%) were deemed suitable candidates for percutaneous stone removal rather than standard open surgical intervention. The percutaneous procedure was successful in 60 (94%) of these patients. Compared to a standard surgical procedure, the percutaneous extraction technique resulted in shorter hospitalization and an earlier return to prehospital activity.