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PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROLITHOTOMY
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Descriptor
English
:
Nephrostomy, Percutaneous
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Nefrostomía Percutánea
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Nefrostomia Percutânea
Synonyms
English
:
Percutaneous Nephrostomy
Nephrolithotomy, Percutaneous
Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy
Tree Number:
E01.370.390.550
E04.579.642
E04.950.774.852.642
Definition
English
:
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.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
do not use /util except by MeSH definition; X ref NEPHROLITHOTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS is not a substitute for
LITHOTRIPSY
: coord NEPHROSTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS +
LITHOTRIPSY
for
lithotripsy
of
urinary calculi
by percutaneous nephrolithotomy
History Note
English
:
86
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
AE
adverse effects
CL
classification
CT
contraindications
EC
economics
ES
ethics
HI
history
IS
instrumentation
MT
methods
MO
mortality
NU
nursing
PX
psychology
ST
standards
SN
statistics & numerical data
TD
trends
UT
utilization
VE
veterinary
Record Number:
19608
Unique Identifier:
D009403
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