Nephrostomy, Percutaneous
"Nephrostomy, Percutaneous" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The insertion of a catheter through the skin and body wall into the kidney pelvis, mainly to provide urine drainage where the ureter is not functional. It is used also to remove or dissolve renal calculi and to diagnose ureteral obstruction.
| Descriptor ID |
D009403
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.390.550 E04.579.642 E04.950.774.739.500 E04.950.774.852.642
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| Concept/Terms |
Nephrostomy, Percutaneous- Nephrostomy, Percutaneous
- Nephrostomies, Percutaneous
- Percutaneous Nephrostomies
- Percutaneous Nephrostomy
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| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Nephrostomy, Percutaneous" by people in Profiles.
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Emergent ureteric stent vs percutaneous nephrostomy for obstructive urolithiasis with sepsis: patterns of use and outcomes from a 15-year experience. BJU Int. 2013 Jul; 112(2):E122-8.