Antegrade ultrasound contrast injection facilitates accurate nephrostomy tube positioning during percutaneous nephrolithotomy

Int J Urol. 2017 Mar;24(3):239-240. doi: 10.1111/iju.13258. Epub 2016 Nov 16.

Authors

Manint Usawachintachit^{1

2}, David T Tzou¹, John Mongan³, Stefanie Weinstein³, Thomas Chi¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Urology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
² Division of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Chulalongkorn University, The Thai Red Cross Society, Bangkok, Thailand.
³ Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Contrast Media / administration & dosage
Female
Humans
Injections
Kidney Calculi / diagnostic imaging
Kidney Calculi / surgery*
Male
Middle Aged
Nephrolithotomy, Percutaneous*
Nephrostomy, Percutaneous*
Proof of Concept Study
Ultrasonography, Interventional / methods*
Urinary Catheterization / methods

Substances

Contrast Media

Grants and funding

R21 DK109433/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States