Abstract
Recently, an increasing number of investigators have debated the wide rule of the puncture to renal papilla in PCNL. We evaluated the effectof renal papillary and nonpapillary puncture on bleeding in an in vitro porcine kidney experience, with the aim of determiningthe safe puncture sites of collecting system in PCNL. A total of 70 fresh porcine kidneys were selected and subjected to nephrostomy. We performed a puncture through a renal papilla, infundibulum, renal column, or minor calyceal neck (including the front, back, up, and down). The primary outcome was the amountof bleeding. The results showed that the papillary puncture group yielded minimal bleeding (1.59 ± 1.01ml/min) compared with the infundibular puncture group (6.25 ± 4.46ml/min, P < .001), renal column puncture group (4.24 ± 3.79ml/min, P = 0.001), and minor calyceal neck puncture group (2.27 ± 1.35ml/min, P = 0.011). However, after stratifying by orientation, the up (1.75 ± 0.80ml/min, P = 0.501) or down (1.77 ± 0.72ml/min, P = 0.437) minor calyceal neck puncture group and papillary puncture group yielded comparable bleeding. In summary, nonpapillary puncture must be carefully considered. Infundibular and renal column punctures were inferior to papillary puncture, and up or down minor calyceal neckpuncture may be a prudent choice in specific situations.
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