@article{article_1725962, title={Percutaneous Removal of Kidney Stones}, journal={Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Mecmuası}, volume={37}, pages={285–298}, year={1984}, author={Arıkan, Nihat}, keywords={Urinary system, renal obstructions, ureteral catheterization}, abstract={In the field of urology, urolithiasis is one of the most important problems encountered in our country. Till 1972 for the life threatining renal obstructions surgical methods or uretheral catheterization has been used and occasionally they have been found unsuccessiul, Since 1972 percutaneous nephrostomy has been taken the place of classical nephrostomy, because it is easy to perform, excludes an operation and has a low rate of complications. By the recently imporved instruments and ten years’ experience in intrarenal instrumentation percutaneous renal stone extraction has became a widely used technic. In our country percutoneous nephrostomy has not been a wide spread technic yet. Although there will be many problems for performing it as a routine nechnic, the results obtained cause to be worth to begin to work on this subject as sooh as possible.}, number={4}, publisher={Ankara University}