Cureus
March 2024
Background: Yucatan stands out as the state with the highest prevalence of urolithiasis in Mexico, placing significant demands on healthcare services, such as consultation and surgical intervention. Staghorn calculi are related to recurrent urinary tract infections, and their management is always surgical. The stone-free rate is a parameter used to measure the success of surgery, with residual stones considered those persisting four weeks after surgical management.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Emphysematous pyelonephritis (EPN) is a necrotizing infection of the kidney and the surrounding tissues associated with considerable mortality. We aimed to formulate a score that classifies the risk of mortality in patients with EPN at hospital admission.
Materials And Methods: Patients diagnosed with EPN between 2013 and 2020 were retrospectively included.
Nephrectomy is the treatment for xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis (XGP), but the surgery is often technically complex and associated with a high incidence of postoperative complications. The objective of this study was to determine factors that can predict the probability of major postoperative complications, admission to intensive care, or mortality. We conducted a retrospective observational study of patients with XGP who underwent simple nephrectomy in a tertiary care hospital in Mexico from 2015 to 2022.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPathogens
May 2023
Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis (XGP) is an uncommon chronic granulomatous infection of renal parenchyma. XGP is often associated with long-term urinary tract obstruction due to stones and infection. We aimed to analyze the clinical, laboratory, and microbial culture profiles from bladder and kidney urine of patients who were diagnosed with XGP.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWorld J Urol
November 2023
Purpose: To determine the risk factors associated with major complications in patients with histologically confirmed Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis (XGP) who underwent nephrectomy.
Methods: A multicenter retrospective study was performed including patients who underwent nephrectomy between 2018 and 2022 with histopathological diagnosis of XGP. Clinical and laboratory parameters at the initial presentation were evaluated.