Table 1 |
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Results of different studies done on percutaneous nephrolithotomy in horseshoe kidney |
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References |
No. of patients |
% upper Pole access |
%complications (minor/major) |
%initial Stone free rate |
%secondary procedures |
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Jones et al [7] |
15 |
Not available |
26(20/6) |
72.3 |
13.3 |
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Al-Otaibi and Hosking [8] |
12 |
75 |
42(42/0) |
75 |
8.3 |
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Lingerman and Saw [9] |
17 |
81 |
29(24/5) |
84.6 |
73 |
|
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Shokeir et al [6] |
34 |
46 |
13(0/13) |
82 |
35.3% |
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Stephanie et al [5] |
47 |
48 |
23(9/2) |
88 |
34% |
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Present study |
17 |
48 |
19(14/5) |
85.7 |
0 |
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El Ghoneimy et al. BMC Urology 2009 9:17 doi:10.1186/1471-2490-9-17 |
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