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To evaluate 5 commercially available tipless nitinol baskets (2.2F) in 4 performance factors: penetration force, radial dilation force, opening dynamics, and deflection limitation.The 2.2F Coloplast Dormia No-Tip, 1.5F Sacred Heart Medical Halo, 2.2F Cook NCircle Nitinol Tipless Stone Extractor, 1.9F Bard SkyLite Tipless Nitinol Basket, and 1.9F Boston Scientific Zero Tip Nitinol Stone Retrieval Basket...
To evaluate the S.T.O.N.E. nephrolithometry scoring system for percutaneous nephrolithotomy using computerized tomography (CT) imaging with strict criteria for stone clearance.We analyzed a cohort of 122 patients who consecutively underwent primary percutaneous nephrolithotomy from July 2010 to March 2012 at our university-based referral hospital. All patients routinely have preoperative and postoperative...
Contemporary predictive tools for percutaneous nephrolithotomy outcomes include the Guy stone score, S.T.O.N.E. nephrolithometry and the CROES nephrolithometric nomogram. We compared each scoring system in the same cohort to determine which was most predictive of surgical outcomes.We retrospectively reviewed the records of patients who underwent percutaneous nephrolithotomy between 2009 and 2012 at...
Xp11 translocation renal cell carcinoma (TRCC) is a rare subtype of renal cell carcinoma characterized by chromosomal translocations involving the TFE3 gene located at the Xp11.2 locus. Initial cases were more common in children, but cases in older adults have begun to accrue and suggest a relatively more aggressive course. We report a case of Xp11 TRCC in a 63-year-old female patient with initial...
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