First name
Seth
Last name
Vatsky

Title

Percutaneous nephrolithotomy in an 8-week-old infant.

Year of Publication

2018

Number of Pages

9363-9365

Date Published

2018 Jun

ISSN Number

1195-9479

Abstract

<p>We report successful percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) in an 8-week-old, 4.12 kg infant with a combined stone burden of &gt; 2 cm in a solitary kidney. The patient was born with thoracolumbar myelomeningocele and had developed recurrent urinary tract infections. Her size precluded retrograde intrarenal surgery and shockwave lithotripsy would be unlikely to clear the stone burden. Stone analysis revealed hydroxyapatite and carbonate apatite stones, and metabolic work up revealed hypercalciuria for which chlorothiazide was started. To our knowledge, this is the youngest patient to undergo PCNL reported in the literature.</p>

Alternate Title

Can J Urol

PMID

29900827

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