Percutaneous nephrolithotomy in an 8-week-old infant

Can J Urol. 2018 Jun;25(3):9363-9365.

Abstract

We report successful percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) in an 8-week-old, 4.12 kg infant with a combined stone burden of > 2 cm in a solitary kidney. The patient was born with thoracolumbar myelomeningocele and had developed recurrent urinary tract infections. Her size precluded retrograde intrarenal surgery and shockwave lithotripsy would be unlikely to clear the stone burden. Stone analysis revealed hydroxyapatite and carbonate apatite stones, and metabolic work up revealed hypercalciuria for which chlorothiazide was started. To our knowledge, this is the youngest patient to undergo PCNL reported in the literature.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Kidney Calculi / diagnostic imaging
  • Kidney Calculi / surgery*
  • Meningomyelocele / diagnostic imaging*
  • Meningomyelocele / surgery
  • Monitoring, Intraoperative / methods
  • Nephrolithotomy, Percutaneous / methods*
  • Patient Safety
  • Risk Assessment
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Ultrasonography, Doppler*
  • Urinary Catheterization / methods*
  • Urinary Tract Infections / diagnosis
  • Urinary Tract Infections / etiology