Nephrostomy: Workup

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Further Reading

Keywords

nephrostomy, nephrostomy tube, percutaneous renal access, renal drainage, percutaneous endourology, urinary drainage, ureter obstruction, ureteral obstruction, intracorporeal lithotripsy, chemical stone dissolution, double-J stent placement, Ormond disease, ovarian tumors, sarcomas, intraperitoneal tumors, vascular surgery, aortofemoral bypass, ureteropelvic junction obstruction, UPJ obstruction, flexible antegrade pyeloureteroscopy, upper urinary tract obstruction, percutaneous nephrostomy, horseshoe kidneys

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Stefan H Hautmann, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Urology and Pediatric Urology, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel Campus, Germany
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Raymond J Leveillee, MD, FRCS(Glasg), Professor of Clinical Urology, Radiology and Biomedical Engineering, Department of Urology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine; Chief, Division of Endourology/Laparoscopy and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Department of Urology, Jackson Memorial Hospital
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Raymond Rackley, MD, Professor of Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University; Staff Physician, Center for Pelvic Medicine and Pelvic Reconstruction, Glickman Urological Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
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