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Positioning in Percutaneous Renal Surgery

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The most important aspect when planning a percutaneous access to treat kidney stones is the selection of the access site to the kidney. Since it was first described, PCNL was traditionally done with the patient in prone, with good success, few complications, and few limitations. As PCNL become more widely used, surgeons have developed alternate patient positions for PCNL, mainly the supine and supine-modified positions. Overall, both approaches have a number of advantages and drawbacks, but are both feasible and acceptable alternatives to access the kidney during percutaneous renal surgery with similar outcomes and rate of complications.

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    Jorge Gutierrez-Aceves & Louisa Ho

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    Silvia Proietti, Matheus Pupulin, Salvatore Di Pietro & Guido Giusti

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Gutierrez-Aceves, J., Ho, L., Proietti, S., Pupulin, M., Di Pietro, S., Giusti, G. (2023). Positioning in Percutaneous Renal Surgery. In: Denstedt, J.D., Liatsikos, E.N. (eds) Percutaneous Renal Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-40542-6_6

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