Percutaneous nephrolithotomy: Experience at the San José Hospital, Bogotá

Nefrolitotomía percutanea: Experiencia en el Hospital San José, Bogotá

In order to evaluate the experience of percutaneous nephrolithotomy at the Hospital de San José de Bogota, 80 cases were reviewed prospectively, registered between March 1997 and October 2000. The analysis included the variables of free percentage of calculation, type of calculations, surgical time, hospital stay and complications. The results showed a free calculation percentage of more than 90% in 76.3% of the cases and a statistically significant relationship between the free percentage of calculus and the types of calculus, as well as its relation with the surgical time. The hospital stay was short, with an average of 3 days, the morbidity was 22.5% and there was no mortality. In this series of cases, percutaneous nephrolithotomy was an effective surgical technique, safe and with rapid recovery, which is why it is the procedure of choice in the treatment of renal lithiasic disease.

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