du Preez H M, Morton P C
Department of Urology and Radiology, City Park Hospital, Cape Town.
S Afr Med J. 1988 Jul 2;74(1):27-9.
Initial experience at two centres in Cape Town with a new technique for the removal of urinary calculi is described. The technical difficulties encountered and the methods used to overcome them are outlined. Percutaneous nephrolithotomy has rendered conventional open surgery largely obsolete for treatment of stone disease of the upper urinary tract.
