Percutaneous Management of Stone Containing Calyceal Diverticula: Associated Factors and Outcomes
Parkhomenko E, Tran T, Thai J, Blum K, Gupta M. Percutaneous Management of Stone Containing Calyceal Diverticula: Associated Factors and Outcomes. Journal Of Urology 2017, 198: 864-868. PMID: 28483573, DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2017.05.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCalyceal diverticulumPercutaneous treatmentRenal stonesLower body mass indexBody mass indexChi-square testDiverticular sizeComplication rateMetabolic abnormalitiesMetabolic derangementsStone recurrenceDiverticular neckMass indexPercutaneous managementMetabolic evaluationNeck dilationAssociated FactorsStone burdenUpper polePatientsDiverticulumStatistical differenceComplete dataT-testSignificant proportion