Comparison of Scoring Systems in Predicting Success of Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy
| Title: | Comparison of Scoring Systems in Predicting Success of Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy |
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| Authors: | Muzaffer Akçay, Muhammed Tosun, Fatih Gevher, Senad Kalkan, Cevper Ersöz, Yunus Kayalı, Abdulkadir Tepeler |
| Source: | Balkan Medical Journal, Vol 36, Iss 1, Pp 32-36 (2019) |
| Publisher Information: | Galenos Publishing House, 2019. |
| Publication Year: | 2019 |
| Collection: | LCC:Medicine |
| Subject Terms: | Percutaneous nephrolitotomy, scoring methods, specificity and sensitivity, urinary calculi, Medicine |
| More Details: | Background: Scoring systems are useful to inform the patients about the success and complication rates of the operation prior the surgery. Aims: To determine the applicability of the popular scoring systems (Guy’s, stone size, tract length, obstruction, number of involved calices, and essence/stone density and Clinical Research Office of the Endourological Society) by means of examining preoperative data of patients treated with percutaneous nephrolithotomy. Study Design: Cross sectional study. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed files of the patients who had undergone percutaneous nephrolithotomy in our center between 2011 and 2015. Excluded from the study were patients aged |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 2146-3123 2146-3131 |
| Relation: | http://balkanmedicaljournal.org/text.php?lang=en&id=2038; https://doaj.org/toc/2146-3123; https://doaj.org/toc/2146-3131 |
| DOI: | 10.4274/balkanmedj.2017.1631 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/6755dbee8bd44c39994b165b9c0505a3 |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.6755dbee8bd44c39994b165b9c0505a3 |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| ISSN: | 21463123 21463131 |
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| DOI: | 10.4274/balkanmedj.2017.1631 |
| Published in: | Balkan Medical Journal |
| Language: | English |