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Percutaneous nephrolithotomy or, rarely, anatrophic nephrolithotomy, is the treatment of choice for large or complicated stones ( such as calyceal staghorn calculi ) or stones that cannot be extracted using less invasive procedures.
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Percutaneous Device closure of these defects is rarely performed in the United States because of the reported incidence of both early and late onset complete heart block after device closure, presumably secondary to device trauma to the AV node.
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Selective Percutaneous Myofascial Lengthening ( SPML ) is one example.
Percutaneous coronary intervention ( PCI ), commonly known as coronary angioplasty is a therapeutic procedure to treat the stenotic ( narrowed ) coronary arteries of the heart found in coronary heart disease.
Percutaneous access and procedures frequently refer to catheter procedures such as PTA ballooning, stent delivery, filter delivery, cardiac ablation, and peripheral or neurovascular catheter procedures but also refers to a device that is implanted in the body, such as a heart pump ( LVAD ), and receives power through a lead that passes through the skin to a battery pack outside the body.
Percutaneous closure of an ASD is currently only indicated for the closure of secundum ASDs with a sufficient rim of tissue around the septal defect so that the closure device does not impinge upon the SVC, IVC, or the tricuspid or mitral valves.
Percutaneous closure is the method of choice in most centres.
Angioplasty also called Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty ( PTCA ) is commonly used to treat blockages of the coronary arteries, or peripheral arteries such as the limbs.
: Percutaneous valve replacement: An alternative to open heart surgery, percutaneous valve replacement is the replacement of a heart valve using percutaneous methods.
Percutaneous sympathectomy is a related minimally invasive procedure similar to the botulinum method, in which the nerve is blocked by an injection of phenol.
Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy is an endoscopic medical procedure in which a tube ( PEG tube ) is passed into a patient's stomach through the abdominal wall, most commonly to provide a means of feeding when oral intake is not adequate.
Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty ( PTCA ) is not as effective in the long term but has fewer risks.
Percutaneous application causes additional distress to the patient, and is a major disadvantage of this approach.
Percutaneous and treatment
* Percutaneous Laser Disc-Decompression ( PLDD ): Based on this small study population, it can be concluded that PLDD may be an effective treatment for disco-genic back pain with minimal natural recurrence.
* Percutaneous hepatic perfusion, a regionalized cancer treatment
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* Percutaneous ethanol injection ( PEI ) well tolerated, high RR in small (< 3 cm ) solitary tumors ; as of 2005, no randomized trial comparing resection to percutaneous treatments ; recurrence rates similar to those for postresection.
Percutaneous biopsy can be performed by a radiologist using ultrasound or computed tomography to guide sampling of the tumor for the purpose of diagnosis by pathology.
• 1999 Percutaneous delivery of pancreatic islet cells to the liver for transplantation to treat diabetes
Percutaneous endovascular procedures are less invasive and can be done on a beating heart, but are only suitable for certain patients.
The time frame for door-to-needle thrombolytic administration according to American College of Cardiology ( ACC ) guidelines should be within 30 minutes, whereas the door-to-balloon Percutaneous Coronary Intervention ( PCI ) time should be less than 90 minutes.
Percutaneous and stones
• 1970s Percutaneous removal of common bile duct stones
• 1990 Percutaneous extraction of gallbladder stones
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* Percutaneous light spectroscopy ( such as in pulse oximetry and capnography )
Other medical applications such as Percutaneous coronary intervention employing brachytherapy find additional benefits from the unique electrical properties of DLC.
Percutaneous and be
Percutaneous radiofrequency thermorhizotomy may also be effective as may gamma knife radiosurgery however the effectiveness decreases with time.
; Congenital heart defect correction: Percutaneous approaches can be employed to correct atrial septal and ventricular septal defects, closure of a patent ductus arteriosus, and angioplasty of the great vessels.
Percutaneous nephrostomy or ureteral stent placement may be indicated to relieve obstruction caused by a stone.
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Percutaneous aortic valve replacement implants the valve using a catheter, without open heart surgery.
Percutaneous and invasive
* Percutaneous disc decompression: A procedure that reduces or eliminates a small portion of the bulging disc through a needle inserted into the disc, minimally invasive.
Percutaneous and procedures
* Percutaneous coronary intervention, a set of procedures used to treat coronary heart disease
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; Percutaneous coronary intervention ( PCI ): Procedures to treat stenotic coronary arteries by accessing through a blood vessel.
; Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty ( PTCA ): Enlarging the lumen of a coronary artery by forcibly expanding it with a balloon.
Percutaneous sacral nerve root stimulation ( PNS ) was able to produce statistically significant improvements in several parameters, including pain.
Percutaneous absorption of BZ dissolved in propylene glycol yields, after a latent period of up to 24 hours, serum levels approximately 5 to 10 % of those achieved with intravenous or intramuscular administration.
While there were some earlier false starts, the first widely accepted Percutaneous Tracheotomy technique was described by Pat Ciaglia, a New York surgeon, in 1985.
nephrolithotomy and is
The table shows the success rates and numbers of treatments for treatments involving both small and large kidney stones, where Treatment A includes all open procedures and Treatment B is percutaneous nephrolithotomy:
ESWL is the least invasive of the commonplace modalities for definitive stone treatment, but provides a lower stone-free rate than other more invasive treatment methods, such as ureteroscopic manipulation with laser lithotripsy or percutaneous nephrolithotomy ( PCNL ).
nephrolithotomy and treatment
Pyelonephritis requires antibiotic therapy, and sometimes surgical intervention such as ureteroscopy, percutaneous nephrostomy or percutaneous nephrolithotomy, as well as treatment of any underlying causes to prevent its recurrence.
nephrolithotomy and choice
Beginning in the mid-1980s, less invasive treatments such as extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy, ureteroscopy, and percutaneous nephrolithotomy began to replace open surgery as the modalities of choice for the surgical management of urolithiasis.
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Larger stones may require surgical intervention for their removal, such as percutaneous nephrolithotomy.
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Long-term renal functional effects of shock wave lithotripsy, percutaneous nephrolithotomy and combination therapy: a comparative study of patients with solitary kidney.
Videos of surgery are available on various websites that show stone removal by percutaneous nephrolithotomy.
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