Application of balloon dilatation combined with flank supine position in percutaneous nephrolithotomy

Objective To access the practicality and safety of a new type Balloon dilatation combined with flank supine position in percutaneous nephrolithotomy.Methods Clinical data of 60 kidney stones patients were collected and retrospectively analyzed.This group of patients had been admitted and selected according to the inclusion criteria in our institute from July.2012 to Sep.2013.There was no obvious difference in sex,age,body mass index (BMI),stone location and size.According to the surgery approaches,this group of patients was divided into ballon group (dilated by balloon dilatation) and Amplatz group (dilated by Amplatz fascial dilation) and in each group there were 30 cases.All these patients received the surgery by the same group of surgeons.We collected the data of one-time success puncture rate,success puncture time,puncture complications (kidney calices fracture,perinephric fluid collection and postoperative delayed hemorrhages etc.),removing stones time and stone free rate.Results Compared with Balloon group,Amplatz group had a significant difference (P＜0.05) in one-time success puncture rate [100％ (30/30) vs 90％ (27/30)],success puncture time [(6.1±2.3)min vs (13.3±3.6)min],puncture complications [3％(1/30) vs 13％(4/30)] and removing stones time [(11.7±2.0)min vs (21.5±3.1)min]; but no significant difference (P＞0.05) in stone free rate [87％ (26/30) vs 83％ (25/30)].Conclusions Balloon dilatation combined with flank supine position in percutaneous nephrolithotomy is easy for surgery.It can establish the surgery access more accurately and faster,decreases removing stones time and reduces operative complications. Key words: Percutaneous nephrolithotomy;  Balloon dilatation;  Supine position