ISSN Print 2500–1094
ISSN Online 2542–1204
BIOMEDICAL JOURNAL OF PIROGOV UNIVERSITY (MOSCOW, RUSSIA)
REVIEW
The Role of X-Ray and Endoscopic Surgery in the Treatment of Patients with Staghorn Nephrolithiasis in Single or Sole-Functioning Kidney (Review)
About authors
1 Department of Urology, Medical Faculty,
Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia
2 Research Laboratory of Innovative Technologies in Urology, Department of Urology of Medical Faculty,
Российский национальный исследовательский медицинский университет имени Н. И. Пирогова, Moscow, Russia
3 Pirogov Municipal Clinical Hospital No. 1, Moscow, Russia
Correspondence should be addressed: Anton Prityiko
ul. Ostrovityanova, d. 1, Moscow, Russia, 117997; ur.xednay@okytirP
Received: 2013-08-28
Accepted: 2013-10-29
Published online: 2017-01-05
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This article concerns matters of epidemiology, diagnostics and treatment of coral nephrolithiasis. It also touches upon modern classification and the problems of the course of the disease in patients with a single or the only one functioning kidney. The article depicts detailed description of the basic methods of operational treatment as well as the place of percutaneous X-ray and endoscopic surgeries in the treatment of patients with coral nephrolithiasis with a single kidney. Additionally there are reflected complications arising when performing these operations.
Keywords: coral nephrolithiasis, percutaneous treatment