Efficacy of transurethral cystolithotripsy assisted by percutaneous evacuation and the benefit of genetic analysis in a pediatric cystinuria patient with a large bladder stone

Cystinuria is an inherited disease, and the defective reabsorption of cysteine causes often requires operations for large urinary stones from childhood. It is rare to be diagnosed only with bladder stones and essential to select an operative procedure according to the age of the patient and the size...

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Main Authors: Tomoki Okada, Kazumi Taguchi, Taiki Kato, Shinichi Sakamoto, Tomohiko Ichikawa, Takahiro Yasui
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-01-01
Series:Urology Case Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214442020303624