Steerable antegrade stenting: a new trick of the trade

INTRODUCTION: Whereas a retrograde attempt to insert an indwelling stent is performed in lithotomy position, usually renal access is gained in a prone position. To overcome the time loss of patient repositioning, a renal puncture can be performed in a modified lithotomy position with torqued truncus...

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Main Authors: Udo Nagele, Aristotelis G. Anastasiadis, Bastian Amend, David Schilling, Markus Kuczyk, Arnulf Stenzl, Karl-Dietrich Sievert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Urologia 2007-06-01
Series:International Brazilian Journal of Urology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1677-55382007000300013