Diagnosis and management of small intestinal injury due to percutaneous renal access.

Purpose: Define factors for proper diagnosis and treatment of small intestinal injury during procedures with percutaneous renal access, thus optimizing favorable outcomes and avoiding complications and death during conservative or surgical approaches.

Materials And Methods: Bibliographic review of case reports available in the literature and presentation of data from an additional case have been carried out.

Results: Percutaneous nephrolithotripsy was the procedure that most frequently caused injury of the small intestine.