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ArticleDiagnostic and interventional radiology (Ankara, Turkey)2024

Percutaneous nephrostomy in infants: a 20-year single-center experience

Onur Taydaş, Emre Ünal, Devrim Akıncı, Mehmet Şeker, Osman Melih Topçuoğlu, Okan Akhan, Türkmen Turan Çiftçi

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Article in Diagnostic and interventional radiology (Ankara, Turkey), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Challenges associated with percutaneous nephrostomy in infantsDiagnostic and interventional radiology (Ankara, Turkey) · 2024
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7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Onur TaydaşSakarya University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Sakarya, TürkiyeORCID 0000-0002-9881-7240
Emre ÜnalHacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Ankara, TürkiyeORCID 0000-0002-1520-2487
Devrim AkıncıHacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Ankara, TürkiyeORCID 0000-0002-8189-4688
Mehmet ŞekerMedipol University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiology, İstanbul, TürkiyeORCID 0000-0002-6745-0159
Osman Melih TopçuoğluYeditepe University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiology, İstanbul, TürkiyeORCID 0000-0002-4008-3395
Okan AkhanHacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Ankara, TürkiyeORCID 0000-0002-6864-0229
Türkmen Turan ÇiftçiHacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Ankara, TürkiyeORCID 0000-0002-1284-859X
Hacettepe University · TRIstanbul Medipol University · TRSakarya University · TRYeditepe University · TR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo investigate the safety and efficacy of the imaging-guided percutaneous nephrostomy (PCN) procedure in infants.

methodsA total of 75 (50 boys; 66.7%) patients with a mean age of 121 days (range, 1-351 days) who underwent PCN over a period of 20 years were included in this retrospective study. For each patient, PCN indications, catheter size, the mean duration of catheterization, complications, and the procedure performed following nephrostomy were recorded. Technical success was determined based on the successful placement of the nephrostomy catheter within the pelvicalyceal system. Clinical success was defined as the complete resolution of hydronephrosis and improvement in renal function tests during follow-up. In patients with urinary leakage, technical and clinical success was determined based on the resolution of leakage.

resultsThe technical success rate was 100%, and no procedure-related mortality was observed. In 11 patients (14.7%), bilateral PCN was performed. The most frequent indication of PCN was ureteropelvic junction obstruction (n = 41, 54.7%). Procedure-related major complications were encountered in two patients (methemoglobinemia and respiratory arrest caused by the local anesthetic agent in one patient and the development of urinoma caused by urinary leakage from the puncture site in the other). Mild urinary leakage was the only minor complication that occurred and only in one patient. Catheter-related complications were managed through replacement or revision surgery in 16 patients (21.3%).

conclusionImaging-guided PCN is a feasible and effective procedure with high technical success and low major complication rates, and it is useful for protecting kidney function in infants.

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Nephrostomy, PercutaneousFemaleHumansHydronephrosisInfantInfant, NewbornMaleRadiography, InterventionalRetrospective StudiesTreatment OutcomeUreteral Obstructioncomplicationsinfantsinterventional radiologyPercutaneous nephrostomyurinary tract obstruction

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PMID37593945
PMCPMC11590733
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