Contribution to studying and treating urinary calculus by surgical methods: review 94 cases during 3 years from Sep 1995 to Sep 1998 in the Department for Surgery, Ha Tay Hospital
- Author:
Tuan Van Do
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
urinary calculus
- MeSH:
Urinary Calculi;
surgery
- From:Journal of Practical Medicine
2002;435(11):31-32
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
The study reviewed 94 patients who were underwent operation for urinary calculus. Results found that surgical treatments for urinary calculus can cause some complications. In this series, calculus retention occurred in 1 patient, peritoneum rupture in 20 patients, 1 patient developed bleeding 8 days after operation, 10 patients developed wound infection. Rate of lateral nephrectomy is 18.8%. Some adjunctive methods were used to improve the outcomes and prevent from calculus recurrence, including colon enema, larger incision and ureterotomy at site of biggest stone
