Muhammad Irfan Nazir, Yaseer Amin, Fawad Humayun Akhtar, Muhammad Touseef Asghar.
Demographics and Stone Clearance Rates for Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy in a Tertiary Care Hospital.
Pak J Med Health Sci Jan ;12(1):548-9.

Background: Percutaneous stone surgery is the gold standard for removing large renal calculi. In light of the increase in prevalence and size of renal stones being addressed in recent years, numerous advances have been made in attempts of improving the morbidity, efficacy, and technical ease of stone clearance. In this article, we discussed the data including age, gender, stone size and clearance in the patients treated with PCNL . Methods: 205 consecutive cases of PCNL were performed between July 2012 and December 2017 by a single urologist. All cases have been included for analysis. Data was recorded on a formatted questionnaire. Results were analyzed using SPSS. Results: A total of 205 cases were operated for renal stones between July 2012 and December 2017. 140 of our patients were male while 65 were female. The minimum age was 2 while the eldest patient was 87 year old, the minimum stone size was 1.8 cm and maximum was 6.2 cm the mean size was 3.51 cm with a standard deviation of 0.7 45. The mean clearance was 98.70% with a minimum of 80% and maximum of 100%. Conclusion: PCNL is a safe and better alternative to conventional pyelolithotomy, the stone clearance rates are excellent. With the progression to mini and micro PCNL we expect to make the surgery even more safer and comfortable for the patient.

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