Comparing Efficacy and Complication Between Prone Versus Prone-Flexed Position for Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy (PCNL)

Fayoum University Hospital

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Complication; Kidney Stone; Urolithiasis

Treatments: Procedure: Prone PNL; Procedure: Prone-flexed PNL

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06624306

PF-PCNL

Details and patient eligibility

About

Comparing Efficacy and Complication Between Prone Versus Prone-Flexed Position For Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy (PCNL)

Enrollment: 85 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Staghorn calculi
2. Renal pelvis stones >2 cm
3. Lower pole stones >1.5 cm
4. SWL-resistant stones

Exclusion criteria

1. Age <18 years or Pregnancy
2. Bilateral simultaneous PCNL
3. Need for 3 percutaneous tracts intraoperative
4. Morbid obesity (BMI >40)
5. Non opaque renal stones.
6. Refuse to complete study requirements
7. Atypical bowel interposition need CT guided puncture
8. Tumour in the presumptive access tract area or Potential malignant kidney tumour

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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85 participants in 2 patient groups

prone PNL

Active Comparator group

Description:

Prone PNL

Treatment:

Procedure: Prone PNL

prone-flexed PNL

Active Comparator group

Description:

prone-flexed PNL

Treatment:

Procedure: Prone-flexed PNL