A Comparison of the Alken Metallic Telescopic Dilator and Amplatz Serial Dilator for Renal Access in Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy
The Alken dilator group has a lower rate of blood transfusion and postoperative VAS score. The Amplatz dilator group had more incidences of postoperative urosepsis. The efficacy in both groups was comparable.
Authors
- Amitkumar Khwairakpam
- Sumit Kumar Singh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8935-2480)
- Santosh Yadav (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1920-3919)
- Devendra Singh Mehra
- Pratik Sharan
- Aakash Adhikari
Institutions
- Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cureus
- Published
- 2024-10-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.72509
- Primary Topic
- Kidney Stones and Urolithiasis Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00