This case report is designed to investigate sequential treatment principles,the appropri-ate timing for nephrostomy and radical nephrectomy,and the merits and demerits of la-paroscopic and open surgical procedures in ...
Pyonephrosis results from upper urinary tract infection in combination with obstruction and hydronephrosis. The consequence of that is the suppurative destruction of the renal parenchyma. Instead of infection and obst...
We report the case of an urgent nephrectomy because of a pyonephrosis and sepsis due to an unsuspected sarcomatoid transitional cell carcinoma, an infrequent subtype with a bad oncological prognosis. We present a 58-y...
The one-phase therapy for calculous pyonephrosis through percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) iscurrently vigorously debated. After a definite preoperative diagnosis of pyonephrosis, the traditional approach1 has bee...