• Sao Paulo Med J · Jul 2000

    Case Reports

    Duodenal damage complicating percutaneous access to kidney.

    • A C Lopes Neto, M Tobias-Machado, R V Juliano, M A Lipay, M Borrelli, and E R Wroclawski.
    • Faculdade de Medicina do ABC, Santo André, SP, Brazil.
    • Sao Paulo Med J. 2000 Jul 6; 118 (4): 116117116-7.

    ContextSince the first percutaneous nephrostomy performed by Goodwin in 1954, technical advances in accessing the kidneys via percutaneous puncture have increased the use of this procedure and thus the complications too. Among these complications, digestive tract damage is not common.DesignCase report.Case ReportWe report a duodenal lesion that was corrected using surgical exploration and we touch on the therapeutic options, which may be conservative or interventionist. We chose conservative treatment, which has been approached in diverse manners in the literature.

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