Introduction: Percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) is the minimally invasive procedure of choice for the treatment of large and/or complex nephrolithiasis. Migration of residual fragments (RFs) into the ureter after PCNL is presumed to be uncommon. However, should associated stone-related events (SREs) occur, ancillary procedures may be required. The objective of this study was to describe the frequency and to analyze predictors of antegrade migration of RFs after PCNL.
Material And Methods: A case-control study of patients who underwent PCNL for nephrolithiasis and had a postoperative computed tomography available within 48 hours was performed. Descriptive statistics and logistic regression analysis were carried out.
Results: The final sample included 169 interventions. Mean age was 49 ±13 years, median maximum stone size was 26 (7 to 87) mm and mean stone density was 835 (70 to 2022) Hounsfield Units (HUs). 7.1% of the patients experienced migration of RFs into the ureter after PCNL, of whom 41.6% suffered SREs. Lithotripsy was performed using ultrasonic (67.5%), laser (23.7%), and pneumatic (14.8%) technologies. Univariate analysis found female gender (OR 4.1, p = 0.02) height ≥1.68 m (OR 5.52, p = 0.009), middle (OR 6.71, p = 0.01) and upper (OR 3.59, p = 0.04) caliceal location, staghorn calculi (OR 4.72, p = 0.02), stone area (OR 1.001, p = 0.03), lasertripsy (OR 3.61, p = 0.03) and operative time (OR 1.007, p = 0.02) statistically significant for migration of SFs into the ureter after PCNL. Of these, only height ≥1.68 m (OR 7.17, p = 0.01) and staghorn nephrolithiasis (OR 13.27, p = 0.02) remained independent predictors in the multivariate analysis with an area under the curve of 0.69.
Conclusions: 71.% of patients undergoing PCNL had a SF migrating to the ureter. Of these 41% suffered a SRE that required ancilliary interventions. Staghorn nephrolithiasis and ≥1.68 mts of height were found to predict this event.
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