TY - JOUR ID - 119265 TI - Measuring Stone Free Rate after Mini Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy: Radiography, Ultrasound, or CT scan? JO - Translational Research in Urology JA - TRU LA - en SN - AU - Fakhr Yasseri, Alimohammad AU - Taheri, Diana AD - Urology Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran AD - Department of Pathology, Isfahan Kidney Diseases Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran Y1 - 2020 PY - 2020 VL - 2 IS - 2 SP - 48 EP - 50 KW - Stone Free Rate KW - Percutaneous nephrolithotomy KW - nephrolithotomy KW - Paediatric Renal Stones DO - 10.22034/tru.2020.253733.1035 N2 - Stone-free rate (SFR) after treatment can be estimated by plain radiography and ultrasonography, or computed tomography (CT) scanning. Based on the guidelines, CT is the primary method for SFR estimation after PCNL (percutaneous nephrolithotomy) due to its high sensitivity and wide availability. However, there is an extreme need to minimize unnecessary radiation exposure in patients. The CT scanning is more indispensable in the minimally invasive PCNL (MPCNL) technique to detect small residual stone fragments. Finally, we believe that using CT scan in follow up of MPCNL patients, rather than plain radiography and ultrasonography, is more accurate to detect residual fragments and estimate SFR as one of the important outcomes of this operations. UR - http://www.transresurology.com/article_119265.html L1 - http://www.transresurology.com/article_119265_232018ae77a058a6eee8f6fc7f9a740a.pdf ER -