Objective To systematically review the effectiveness and safety of flexible ureteroscope lithtripsy (fURL) and percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) in treating renal calculus. Methods Such databases as MEDLINE, EMbase, The Cochrane Library, CNKI, CBM, VIP, and WanFang Data from January, 1990 to August, 2012 were searched to comprehensively collect the clinical trials that compared fURL and PCNL in treating renal calculus. Two reviewers independently screened studies according to exclusion and inclusion criteria, extracted data, and assessed the methodological quality. Then, meta-analysis was performed using RevMan 5.1 software. Results Eight non-randomized controlled trials involving 536 patients were included. The results of meta-analysis showed that, PCNL was better than fURL in stone clearance (OR=0.26, 95%CI 0.15 to 0.46), but fURL was better than PCNL in postoperative pyrexia (OR=0.1, 95%CI 0.42 to 3.35), the incidence of blood transfusion (OR=0.17, 95%CI 0.03 to 1.00), and the duration of hospitalization (P=0.45, I2=0%). Conclusion Current evidence has proved that PCNL is better than fURL in decreasing stone clearance, fURL is better than PCNL in complication, the duration of hospitalization, and medical costs.
目的 探讨孤立肾肾结石经皮肾镜取石（PCNL）术并发感染性休克的护理。 方法 回顾性分析2010年3月－2012年10月5例孤立肾肾结石患者行PCNL术后并发感染性休克的临床资料，对患者术后出现的休克及时补足血容量，使用有效的抗生素，早期足量应用激素、血管活性药物，同时加强心理疏导、健康教育等护理措施。 结果 5例患者体温均在3 d内降至正常；血管活性药物平均使用时间为1.8 d （2～4 d）；1例因血氧饱和度＜80%，血压＜85/50 mm Hg（1 mm Hg=0.133 kPa）转往重症监护病房行呼吸机辅助呼吸2 d后呼吸循环功能改善；另1例同时出现少尿无尿，及时行血液透析，第4天尿量逐渐恢复；5例患者均痊愈出院。 结论 感染性休克是PCNL术后最危险的并发症之一，对其采取积极预防、及早发现、及时有效的治疗和护理等措施，可有效促进患者康复。
目的 总结超选择性肾动脉栓塞治疗经皮肾镜取石术后严重出血的临床经验。 方法 回顾分析2009年10月－2012年11月行经皮肾镜取石术后发生严重出血的6例（2.74%）患者的临床资料和对其进行超选择性肾动脉栓塞术的血管造影表现和栓塞疗效。 结果 患者平均年龄67岁，经皮肾镜取石术后急性出血1例，迟发出血5例，均有体外冲击波碎石史或糖尿病、高血压病史。肾动脉造影显示损伤动脉为肾后下段动脉、肾下段动脉分支，表现为假性动脉瘤5例，动静脉瘘1例。使用弹簧圈或聚乙烯醇颗粒超选择性栓塞，栓塞后出血无一例复发。随访6个月，5例肾功能未见下降，1例受损。 结论 经皮肾镜术后严重出血与术中动脉损伤有关，采用超选择性肾动脉栓塞术能够达到迅速止血、尽可能保全患肾功能、有效挽救生命的诊疗效果。
【摘要】 目的 探讨微创经皮肾镜下钬激光碎石术治疗上尿路结石的方法及疗效。 方法 2007年9月-2010年10月在B型超声引导下应用微创经皮肾镜下钬激光碎石术治疗上尿路结石138例，其中肾鹿角形结石64例，单发肾盂、肾盏结石38例，双肾结石8例，输尿管上段结石28例，孤立肾结石2例。 结果 136例取石成功，其中95例一期取石成功（包括双通道取石5例），41例二期取石，2例因经皮肾穿失败改行开放手术取石。27例术后体外震波碎石治疗。平均结石清除率78.9%（109/138）。平均手术时间112 min，平均住院时间10 d，肾造瘘管平均留置时间4 d，双J管平均留置时间4周。5例因术中出血较多需输血。11例术后1周内出血较多，其中3例需要输血。12例出现尿外渗。7例术后出现高热（gt;39 ℃）。随访: 98例伴有肾积水，时间3~6个月，平均4个月，24例积水消失，68例积水减轻，6例无改善也无加重；22例残余结石随访4~9个月，平均6个月，6例结石增大，16例结石无变化；87例随访12个月无残余结石，7例结石复发。 结论 微创经皮肾镜下钬激光碎石术治疗上尿路结石创伤小，恢复快，并发症少，疗效满意。【Abstract】 Objective To discuss the method and the curative effect of minimally invasive percataneous nephrolithotomy (mini PCNL) with holmium laser in treating upper urinary tract calculi. Methods From September 2007 to October 2010, 138 patients with upper urinary tract calculi were treated with mini PCNL with holmium laser under the conduction by type-B ultrasonography. Of the 138 cases, 64 patients had staghorn calculi, 38 had single renal pelvis or renal calyx stones, eight had bilateral renal calculi, 28 had upper-ureteral calculi, and two had solitary kidney calculi. Results Successful stone removal was achieved in 136 cases, among which there were 95 cases of stage-one nephrolithotomy (double tracts were used in five cases) and 41 cases of sfage-two neploolithotomy. Two cases were changed to open operation due to failures of percutaneous nephrolithotory. Extracorporeal shock-wave lithotomy was used in 27 cases after operation. The average stone removal rate was 78.9% (109/138). The average operation time was 112 minutes. The average hospital stay was 10 days. The average nephrostomy tube stay was four days. The average double J tube stay was four weeks. Five patients needed blood transfusion in operations due to a large amount of blood loss. Eleven patients suffered from massive hemorrhage one week after operation and blood transfusion was performed in three patients. Urine exosmosis happened in 12 cases. And there were seven cases of high fever (gt;39 ℃) after operation. Follow-up was done for 98 patients accompanied by hydronephrosis for a time period ranged from three to six months averaging at four months. Hydronephrosis disappeared in 24 patients, alleviated in 68 cases, and did not change in six cases. Twenty-two cases of residual calculi were followed up for a period ranged from four to nine months averaging at six months. Enlarged calculi occurred in six cases and no change happened to the calculi in 16 cases. Eighty-seven patients without residual calculi were followed up for 12 months, and there were seven cases of reoccurrence. Conclusion Treatment of upper urinary tract calculi with minimally invasive percutaneous nephrolithotomy with holmium laser is a simple and safe method with little injury, quick recovery, few complications and satisfactory results.
ObjectiveTo analyze the causes and characteristics of massive hemorrhage secondary to percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) and assess the value of superselective renal artery embolization in the management of this condition. MethodsThe imaging data and prognosis of 28 patients who developed repeated massive hemorrhage secondary to PCNL and underwent superselective renal artery embolization between April 2005 and June 2013 were reviewed. ResultsFollowing superselective renal artery embolization, hemorrhage was effectively controlled in all the 28 patients. Follow-up lasted from 6 to 62 months, averaging 41.6 months. No hematuria or other complications occurred during the follow-up period. ConclusionSuperselective renal artery embolization is safe and effective in managing massive hemorrhage secondary to PCNL, and it may be used as a preferred treatment for patients who are refractory to expectant treatments.
ObjectiveTo assess the efficacy and safety of percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) versus ureteroscopic lithotripsy (URL) in the treatment of impacted proximal ureteral stones>1 cm. MethodsWe electronically searched PubMed, Cochrane library, Embase, WanFang, Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure and VIP database (by the end of July 2015) to collect randomized controlled trials involving PCNL vs. URL for the treatment of impacted proximal ureteral stones> 1 cm. The quality of those trials were assessed. Data were extracted and analyzed with RevMan 5.3 software. ResultsSix randomized controlled trials were finally obtained after screening. A total of 487 patients were included for a Meta-analysis. The results showed that, as compared with the control group (URL), the patients in the trial group (PCNL) had the following features: ① There was a remarkable improvement of stone clearance rate [RR=1.20, 95% CI (1.09, 1.33), P=0.000 3].② There was no statistical difference in postoperative fever rates, urinary tract perforation rates [RR=1.73, 95%CI (0.43, 7.00), P=0.45; RR=1.02, 95%CI (0.11, 9.37), P=0.99], but the incidence of hematuria was higher [RR=1.99, 95%CI (1.09, 3.62), P=0.03], and the mean operative duration was longer [WMD=30.03 minutes, 95%CI (10.04, 50.02) minuntes, P=0.003].③ The mean hospitalization stay was delayed by an average of 3.73 days [WMD=3.73 days, 95%CI (3.02, 4.44) days, P<0.000 01]. ConclusionPCNL is better than URL in the stone clearance rate, while patients in the PCNL group have to stay in the hospital much longer, and should bear longer mean operative duration.
Objective To compare clinical outcomes of percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) in patients who initially presented with and without urosepsis. Methods The study included patients who underwent PCNL for renal and ureter urolithiasis removal from January 2010 to December 2014 in our hospital. A 1∶1 matched-pair analysis was performed to compare outcomes and complications of patients who had obstructive urolithiasis with urosepsis initially (OUU) with patients who had obstructive urolithiasis with no urosepsis initially (NOUU) before PCNL. Results A total of 172 patients were included involving 122 (71%) males and 50 (29%) females with a mean age of 46.2 years (range 32 to 65 years). There were no significant differences between two groups in age, gender, BMI, complications, the size of the stones, stone's number and stone location (P>0.05). OUU groups had the similar stone-free rates (86.0%vs. 84.8%, P=0.829) as the NOUU group. OUU group had higher overall complications rate, longer duration of nephrostomy tube (NT), longer hospital length of stay (LOS), longer courses of postoperative antibiotics and higher grade of antibiotics after PCNL (all P<0.05). Higher fever developed postoperatively (11.6%vs. 3.5%, P=0.043), higher asymptomatic bacteriuria (11.6% vs. 3.5%, P=0.043) and symptomatic urinary tract infections (10.5% vs. 2.3%, P=0.029) were also found in OUU groups. There was no significant difference between two groups in sepsis (2.3% vs. 1.2%, P=0.560). Conclusion PCNL after decompression for urolithiasis-related urosepsis has similar success but higher complication rates than obstructive urolithiasis with no urosepsis initially.
ObjectivesTo systematically review the efficacy and safety of laparoscopic pyelolithotomy (LP) versus percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PNL) in treating large (>2 cm) renal pelvic calculi.MethodsDatabases including PubMed, EMbase, Web of Science, The Cochrane Library, CBM, CNKI and WanFang Data were searched for relevant randomized controlled trials (RCTs) comparing LP with PNL for the treatment of large renal pelvic calculi from inception to September 23th, 2017. Two reviewers independently screened literature, extracted data and assessed the risk of bias of eligible studies. Meta-analysis was then performed by using RevMan 5.2 software.ResultsFive RCTs with 447 patients were included. The results of meta-analysis showed that: compared with PNL group, LP group provided a significantly higher stone-free rate (RR=1.07, 95%CI 1.01 to 1.13, P=0.01), lower auxiliary procedure rate (RR=0.36, 95%CI 0.13 to 1.01, P=0.05), less hemoglobin decrease (MD=–0.83, 95%CI –1.05 to –0.61, P<0.000 01) and lower postoperative fever rate (RR=0.36, 95%CI 0.18 to 0.72,P=0.004). However, no significant differences were detected in conversion rate (RR=0.76, 95%CI 0.19 to 3.07, P=0.70), blood transfusion rate (RR=0.40, 95%CI 0.14, to 1.12, P=0.08), postoperative leakage rate (RR=1.87, 95%CI 0.67 to 5.21, P=0.23), operative time (MD=10.49, 95%CI –17.14 to 38.13, P=0.46) and hospital stay (MD=0.53, 95%CI –0.22 to 1.28, P=0.17).ConclusionsLP is superior to PNL with regard to stone-free rate, auxiliary procedure rate, hemoglobin decrease and postoperative fever rate. Due to limited quality and quantity of included studies, more high quality studies are required to verify above conclusions.
ObjectiveTo evaluate the efficacy and safety of the third-generation super-mini percutaneous nephrolithotomy (SMP) for the treatment of kidney calculi with diameter of ≤2.5 cm and CT value of ≥700 Hu, and discuss the feasibility of adopting the technology in primary hospitals.MethodsThe clinical data of 64 patients with unilateral kidney calculi (CT value ≥700 Hu, diameter ≤2.5 cm) treated in the People’s Hospital of Leshan Central District between July 2017 and July 2018 were retrospectively analyzed. After random assignment, 30 patients were treated with SMP and 34 were with mini percutaneous nephrolithotomy (MPCNL). The pre-, intra-, and post-operative data were compared and analyzed to evaluate the efficacy and safety.ResultsThe unilateral lesion operations of both groups were successfully completed in the first phase. All patients were given double J tubes after operation, and there were no major complications such as post-operative hemorrhage and sepsis. There was no statistically significant difference in the post-operative hemoglobin decrease, post-operative immediate stone removal rate, post-operative stone removal rate after one month, or the rate of procalcitonin >0.1 μg/L between the two groups (P>0.05). The differences in the lithotripsy time [(29.63±6.28) vs. (25.21±5.19) minutes], post-operative hospital stay [(5.33±0.61) vs. (9.44±0.96) days], rate of indwelling renal fistula (3.3% vs. 50.0%), analgesic demand rate (10.0% vs. 58.8%), and postoperative infectious fever rate (6.7% vs. 26.5%) between SMP group and MPCNL group were statistically significant (P<0.05).ConclusionsSMP has the advantages of less trauma, low systemic inflammatory response syndrome incidence, less pain, quick rehabilitation, short hospital stay, tubeless after surgery, etc. It is worthy of extensive promotion in primary hospitals.