Journal Basic Info

  • Impact Factor: 1.809**
  • H-Index: 6
  • ISSN: 2474-1655
  • DOI: 10.25107/2474-1655
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Major Scope

  •  Nephrology
  •  Breast Neoplasms
  •  Vascular Medicine
  •  Veterinary Sciences
  •  Palliative Care
  •  Allergy & Immunology
  •  Renal Disease
  •  Cancer Clinic

Abstract

Citation: Ann Clin Case Rep. 2020;5(1):1792.DOI: 10.25107/2474-1655.1792

Urinothorax: Really Worth to Fear it?

Mehmet Yildızhan

Department of Urology, Ankara City Hospital, Turkey

*Correspondance to: Mehmet Yildızhan 

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Abstract:

Pleural Effusions (PE) due to pleural injury following supracostal Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy (PCNL) occur in upwards of 15% of patients; however, these effusions are invariably diagnosed immediately postoperative or during the hospital stay. We report a 33-years-old female underwent an uneventful supracostal left PCNL staghorn stone procedure. She developed a Nephropleural Fistula (NPF). It’s a rare but serious thoracic complication of PCNL. She was treated with left chest tube drainage and an indwelling ureteral catheter placement. Early recognition and management of a pleural injury is critical to avoid life-threatening situations. But, despite all interventions on time development of persistent NPF rate is 0.87%. We presented management of NPF which treated by open surgery.

Keywords:

Complications; Nephrolithotomy; Nephropleural fistula; PCNL; Urinothorax

Cite the Article:

Yildızhan M. Urinothorax: Really Worth to Fear it?. Ann Clin Case Rep. 2020; 5: 1792..

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