Is negative urine culture necessary for PCNL safety? Experience from a large-volume stone center
Ultrasound guided PNL with standard access reveals a safe and acceptable results in positive urine culture patients. Preoperative infected urine is not a risk factor for severe septic complications after PNL under controlled conditions.
Authors
- Wenjie Bai
- Bo Xiao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6161-9478)
- Bixiao Wang
- Song Jin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8313-5098)
- Gang Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5337-3164)
- Jianxing Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9291-2351)
- Xue Zeng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6433-2272)
- Yuzhe Tang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3043-0541)
- Chaoyue Ji (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1121-1482)
Institutions
- Beijing Tsinghua Chang Gung Hospital (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Surgery
- Published
- 2025-05-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fsurg.2025.1571963
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Kidney Stones and Urolithiasis Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.52