Post percutaneous nephrolithotripsy nephrostomy site tuberculosis: A report of six cases

With the increase in endoscopic surgery, there is a growing concern about the effectiveness of sterilizing reusable equipment by immersion in 2% glutaraldehyde. Although reports of port site tuberculosis (post laparoscopy) are there in the literature, those of nephrostomy site post percutaneous neph...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Rahul Gupta, Arti Mahajan, Chaman Gupta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2012-01-01
Series:Urology Annals
Subjects:
Online Access:http://www.urologyannals.com/article.asp?issn=0974-7796;year=2012;volume=4;issue=1;spage=41;epage=44;aulast=Gupta
Description
Summary:With the increase in endoscopic surgery, there is a growing concern about the effectiveness of sterilizing reusable equipment by immersion in 2% glutaraldehyde. Although reports of port site tuberculosis (post laparoscopy) are there in the literature, those of nephrostomy site post percutaneous nephrolithotripsy are not available. We describe the clinical features and treatment of six patients who presented with biopsy-proven skin tuberculosis at the nephrostomy-site for non-healing wound.
ISSN:0974-7796
0974-7834