Thoracic Complications in Supracostal Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy.

Background: Due to the risk of pleural injury leading to thoracic complications, many urologist still hesitate to perform supracostal puncture during percutaneous nephrolithotomy. Our aim of this study was to evaluate the thoracic complications in supracostal access percutaneous nephrolithotomy.

Methods: This is a retrospective analysis of 101 patients who were treated with supracostal access percutaneous nephrolithotomy at our institute from September 2013 and December 2019.

Initial Experience of Retroperitoneoscopic Surgery in Benign Renal Diseases.

Background: To review our early experience to determine the feasibility, efficacy and clinical outcomes of retroperitoneoscopic surgery in benign renal diseases.

Methods: This is a prospective observational study carried out between December 2014 to March 2018. Among 14 patients enrolled in the study, 9 cases of nonfunctioning kidney underwent retroperitoneoscopic simple nephrectony, 4 cases of benign renal cortical cysts underwent decortication of cysts and one case of pelviureteric junction obstruction underwent Anderson Hynes pyeloplasty.