Revista do Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões ()

Tratamento conservador de trauma renal grave após litotripsia extracorpórea por ondas de choque

  • Giovanni Scala Marchini,
  • Roberto Iglesias Lopes,
  • Homero Bruschini,
  • Fábio Torricelli,
  • Roberto Nicomedes Lopes

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/S0100-69912011000600015
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 38, no. 6
pp. 447 – 449

Abstract

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Subcapsular and perinephric hematomas are relatively common after shock-wave lithotripsy, but high-grade kidney injuries are extremely rare. We present the first case of a high-grade kidney injury after shock-wave lithotripsy managed conservatively. A 57-year-old white female patient with left 1.5cm superior ureteral calculi was submitted to shock-wave lithotripsy.

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