...Aditya K. Singh; Pushpendra K. Shukla; Sartaj W. Khan; Vazir S. Rathee; Udai Shankar Dwivedi; Sameer Trivedi Purpose: A modified Clavien classification system has been proposed to grade perioperative complications. We share our experience in grading the complications of percutaneous nephrolithotomy...

...Nicolas Arfi; Arnaud Baldini; Myriam Decaussin-Petrucci; Rene Ecochard; Alain Ruffion; Philippe Paparel Objective: To determine the impact of obesity on complications in laparoscopic simple or radical nephrectomy. Patients and Methods: The medical files of 215 patients who underwent laparoscopic...

... according to stone localization were 81.9% (59/72) in the proximal ureter, 89.2% (133/149) in the middle ureter, and 96.2% (713/741) in the distal ureter. The overall stone-free rate was 94.1% (905/962). Complications were commonly minor and treated by conservative management modalities. Conclusion: URSL...

...Miriam Hadj-Moussa; Lifang Zhang; James A. Brown Objective: To assess whether high shock number is associated with higher rates of short-term complication development following extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL). Patients and Methods: A retrospective chart review was conducted of 224...