Staghorn calculi are composed of magnesium ammonium phosphate (struvite), which forms in urine that has an abnormally high pH (above 7.2). This high pH usually develops because of recurrent urinary tract infection with microorganisms such as ... Plain abdominal radiograph showing large bilateral staghorn calculi.
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The patients with bilateral staghorn calculi are to be operated in centres .... Bilateral staghorn calculi. Pyeloneph~otomia dextra, nephrotomia totalis ...
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A conventional abdominal radiograph confirmed the presenceof bilateral partial staghorn stones (Fig.1a) which on intravenous urography (IVU) completely filled the lowerpole moiety of a left duplex system and partially filled the right lowerrenal pole collecting system (Fig.1b). ... 1. Segura JW. Staghorn calculi.
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Bilateral staghorn calculi--patient evaluation and management. ... A total of 44 patients (17 men and 27 women) with simultaneous bilateral staghorn calculi underwent anatrophic nephrolithotomy with caliceal reconstruction. Excluding patients with urinary tract infection alone all but 3 had identifiable metabolic...
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We report a rare case of massive bilateral staghorn calculi in a spinal cord injury patient with significant renal compromise. The patient was successfully treated with percutaneous nephrolithotomy to achieve a stone-free status.
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Herein we present the case of a patient in renal failure due to bilateral staghorn calculi who was rescued from dialysis after bilateral percutaneous nephrostolithotomies...
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Percutaneous nephrostolithotomy is a well known and accepted procedure for the management of renal stones and particularly for debulking of staghorn calculi. ... Percutaneous nephrostolithotomy is a well known and accepted procedure for the management of renal stones and particularly for debulking of staghorn calculi.
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Title;Bilateral Staghorn Calculus Complicated with Renocolic Fistula. A Case Report. ... TOP > J-EAST > List of Journal Titles (J) > Japanese Journal of Clinical Urology(2000) > Bilateral Staghorn Calculus Complicated with Renocolic Fistula. A Case Report.
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She was known to have bilateral staghorn calculi and a nonfunctioning left kidney but she ... A plain film of the abdomen showed bilateral staghorn calculi, ...
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