Abstract
Generally, laparoscopy is offered to patients with renal pelvic stone in ectopic kidney and those who need adjunctive procedures like pyeloplasty [1]. Laparoscopy avoids nephron injury and is advantageous in children with large stone burden. PCNL may require more than one puncture in such situations [2].
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Senthil, K., Sivasankaran, N., Murugesan, A., Pai, M.G., Ramalingam, M. (2017). Laparoscopic Pyelolithotomy. In: Patel, V., Ramalingam, M. (eds) Operative Atlas of Laparoscopic and Robotic Reconstructive Urology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33231-4_12
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