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 > 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