The management of male children with bladder stones by percutaneous suprapubic cystolithotripsy(PCCL) / 中国现代医生

ABSTRACT

Objective The main objective of this paper is to evaluate the feasibility and clinical efficiency of the man-agement of male children with bladder stones by percutaneous suprapubic cystolithotripsy(PCCL). Methods From Au-gust 2008 to September 2012,40 cases of male children with bladder stones were undergone by percutaneous suprapu-bic cystolithotripsy(PCCL). The age of patients was ranged from 1 to 9 years. The size of stones was ranged from 10 to 35 mm. Results All the patients were operated successfully only once by percutaneous suprapubic cystolithotripsy(PC-CL). All the stones were eliminated at a rate of 100%and there were no over bleeding,infection,perforation,urine fis-tula and other complications. During a follow-up period of 1 to 10 months there was no stone recurrence and urethral stenosis. Conclusion Percutaneous suprapubic cystolithotripsy (PCCL)is a safe,high-effect and accurate lithotripsy method for the treatment of male children with bladder stones,and it is worthy of wide application.