Successful management of a large xanthine calculus by percutaneous nephrolithotomy after failed SWL in a 5-year-old boy

A 5-year-old child with a xanthine calculus resistant to SWL was made stone free by percutaneous ultrasonic lithotripsy.

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Published inJournal of endourology Vol. 14; no. 5; p. 439
Main Authors Peréz, L M, Netto, J M, Batista, L R, Burns, J R
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.06.2000
Subjects
Child, Preschool
Humans
Kidney Calculi - diagnostic imaging
Kidney Calculi - metabolism
Kidney Calculi - surgery
Kidney Calculi - therapy
Lithotripsy
Male
Nephrostomy, Percutaneous
Radiography
Radioisotope Renography
Retreatment
Xanthine - metabolism
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Summary:A 5-year-old child with a xanthine calculus resistant to SWL was made stone free by percutaneous ultrasonic lithotripsy.
ISSN:0892-7790
DOI:10.1089/end.2000.14.439