Percutaneous Removal of Bladder Stones in Children.
- Author:
Hwang CHOI
1
;
Hyeon Hoe KIM
;
Wun Jae KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Urology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
endourology;
bladder stone;
childhood
- MeSH:
Adult;
Catheters;
Child*;
Cystostomy;
Humans;
Male;
Surgical Instruments;
Urethra;
Urinary Bladder Calculi*;
Urinary Bladder*;
Urinary Calculi
- From:Korean Journal of Urology
1986;27(3):429-432
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Transurethral removal of bladder or urethral stones in children is not easy and open removal of the stone is required in many cases because the urethra in a child is narrow and adequate equipment is not available. In a 6-year old boy with multiple urinary stones who had underwent vesicolithotomy twice before, we tried percutaneous removal of the bladder stones using suprapubic trocar and adult cystourethroscope set. Nelaton catheter was used as a guide wire in Seldinger technique while switching the instruments through the suprapubic cystostomy tract. With the same technique we removed a urethral stone in a 5-year boy successfully."
