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Descriptor English:   Nephrostomy, Percutaneous 
Descriptor Spanish:   Nefrostomía Percutánea 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Nefrostomia Percutânea 
Synonyms English:   Nephrolithotomies, Percutaneous
Nephrostomies, Percutaneous
Percutaneous Nephrolithotomies
Percutaneous Nephrostomies
Percutaneous Nephrostomy
Nephrolithotomy, Percutaneous
Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy  
Tree Number:   E01.370.390.550
E04.579.642
E04.950.774.852.642
Definition English:   The insertion of a catheter through the skin and body wall into the kidney pelvis, mainly to provide urine drainage where the ureter is not functional. It is used also to remove or dissolve renal calculi and to diagnose ureteral obstruction. 
Indexing Annotation English:   do not use /util except by MeSH definition; X ref NEPHROLITHOTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS is not a substitute for LITHOTRIPSY: coord NEPHROSTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS + LITHOTRIPSY for lithotripsy of urinary calculi by percutaneous nephrolithotomy
History Note English:   86 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
AE adverse effects CL classification
CT contraindications EC economics
ES ethics HI history
IS instrumentation MT methods
MO mortality NU nursing
PX psychology ST standards
SN statistics & numerical data TD trends
UT utilization VE veterinary
Record Number:   19608 
Unique Identifier:   D009403 

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