SS Bapat
Department of Surgery (Urology), B.J. Medical College and Sasson General Hospital, Pune
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S S Bapat Department of Surgery (Urology), B.J. Medical College and Sasson General Hospital, Pune
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Forty patients suffering from kidney stone disease underwent percutaneous nephrolithotomy between March 1983 and April 1984. Stones in 36 patients were removed successfully; the 4 failures were managed by open surgical removal. The major complication of this series was haemorrhage. 6 out of 36 patients (16.67 percent) needed blood transfusions. There was no mortality.