Abstract

FERREIRO VALDES, Tadeo Miguel; ORDAZ MORALES, Juan Caridad; HERNANDEZ CAMPO, Pedro Ricardo  and  CORDOVA CABEZAS, Israel. Urologic emergencies treated by means of minimally invasive surgery. Rev Ciencias Médicas [online]. 2010, vol.14, n.2, pp.55-61. ISSN 1561-3194.

The obstruction and the urinary stasis are among the most important topics of Urology in all times, due to the devastating effects in the kidneys, including the hydronephrotic atrophy, the infections and the death; besides it results in multiple diseases. Percutaneous nephrostomy was introduced by S. I Seldinger in 1952 and the double catheter J designed in 1978 by Finney facilitate the drainage of the obstructive kidneys, the use of these techniques improve the symptoms allowing the study and in occasions the definitive treatment of the causes. A prospective descriptive study was conducted from November 2003 to December 2008 in the service of Urology at "Abel Santamaria Cuadrado" University Hospital, Pinar del Rio. The sample was comprised of the patients who underwent to minimal access surgery (percutaneous nephrostomy and placement of double J. stents). Nephritic colic was the main cause to attend to the hospital; performing more percutaneous nephrostomies in obstructive ureteral lithiasis in relation to the placement of double JJ catheter, in both procedures the most frequent mediate complications were post-instrument sepsis. The average post-operative hospital staying was 72 hours.

Keywords : Percutaneous nephrostomy; double JJ catheter.