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Hemorrhage Following Percutaneous Nephrostomy

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This case discusses the management options for hemorrhage occurring post-nephrostomy insertion with an example from a nephrostomy insertion in an acutely obstructed, septic patient.

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  • ACR – SIR – Practice guideline for the performance of percutaneous nephrostomy. http://www.acr.org/~/media/ACR/Documents/PGTS/guidelines/Percutaneous_Nephrostomy.pdf. Accessed 10 Feb 2013.

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Allison, R.P. et al. (2014). Hemorrhage Following Percutaneous Nephrostomy. In: Ratnam, L., Patel, U., Belli, A. (eds) Managing Common Interventional Radiology Complications. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-5502-7_22

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