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KMID : 0358320130540030172
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Korean Journal of Urology
2013 Volume.54 No. 3 p.172 ~ p.176
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Neurologic Complications in Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy
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Basiri Abbas
Soltani Mohammad Hossein
Kamranmanesh Mohammadreza
Tabibi Ali
Ziaee Seyed Amir Mohsen
Nouralizadeh Akbar
Sharifiaghdas Farzaneh
Poorzamani Mahtab
Gharaei Babak
Ozhand Ardalan
Lashay Alireza
Ahanian Ali
Aminsharifi Alireza
Sichani Mehrdad Mohammadi
Asl-Zare Mohammad
Beigi Faramarz Mohammad Ali
Najjaran Vahid
Abedinzadeh Mehdi
Nikkar Mohammad Masoud
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Abstract
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Purpose: Percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) has been the preferred procedure for the removal of large renal stones in Iran since 1990. Recently, we encountered a series of devastating neurologic complications during PCNL, including paraplegia and hemiplegia. There are several reports of neurologic complications following PCNL owing to paradoxical air emboli, but there are no reports of paraplegia following PCNL.
Materials and Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of patients who had undergone PCNL in 13 different endourologic centers and retrieved data related to neurologic complications after PCNL, including coma, paraplegia, hemiplegia, and quadriplegia.
Results: The total number of PCNL procedures in these 13 centers was 30,666. Among these procedures, 11 cases were complicated by neurologic events, and four of these cases experienced paraplegia. All events happened with the patient in the prone position with the use of general anesthesia and in the presence of air injection. There were no reports of neurologic complications in PCNL procedures performed with the patient under general anesthesia and in the prone position and with contrast injection.
Conclusions: It can be assumed that using room air to opacify the collecting system played a major role in the occurrence of these complications. Likewise, the prone position and general anesthesia may predispose to these events in the presence of air injection.
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KEYWORD
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Complications, Nephrolithotomy, Neurologic deficits, Paraplegia
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