TY - JOUR
T1 - Splenic injury during percutaneous nephrolithotomy
T2 - A case report with novel management technique
AU - Desai, Alana C.
AU - Jain, Samay
AU - Benway, Brian M.
AU - Grubb, Robert L.
AU - Picus, Daniel
AU - Figenshau, Robert S.
PY - 2010/4/1
Y1 - 2010/4/1
N2 - We describe a case of a splenic injury caused by a transsplenic percutaneous nephrostomy tract. The case was completed without incident and the nephrostomy tube was noted to traverse the spleen on routine postoperative imaging. This rare complication was managed by deposition of Gelfoam® pledgets along the transsplenic nephrostomy tract and placement of a ureteral stent. This novel management technique has not been previously described in the literature and was successful in the conservative treatment of the uncommon complication of splenic injury during percutaneous nephrolithotomy.
AB - We describe a case of a splenic injury caused by a transsplenic percutaneous nephrostomy tract. The case was completed without incident and the nephrostomy tube was noted to traverse the spleen on routine postoperative imaging. This rare complication was managed by deposition of Gelfoam® pledgets along the transsplenic nephrostomy tract and placement of a ureteral stent. This novel management technique has not been previously described in the literature and was successful in the conservative treatment of the uncommon complication of splenic injury during percutaneous nephrolithotomy.
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U2 - 10.1089/end.2009.0290
DO - 10.1089/end.2009.0290
M3 - Article
C2 - 20136555
AN - SCOPUS:77951969687
SN - 0892-7790
VL - 24
SP - 541
EP - 545
JO - Journal of Endourology
JF - Journal of Endourology
IS - 4
ER -