Urology
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study
The efficacy of bupivacaine infiltration on the nephrostomy tract in tubeless and standard percutaneous nephrolithotomy: a prospective, randomized, multicenter study.
To assess the analgesic efficacy of bupivacaine infiltrations into the nephrostomy tract in tubeless and standard percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL). ⋯ The pain after tubeless and standard PCNL may be decreased by bupivacaine infiltration into the nephrostomy tract. The findings of the present study reveal that a tubeless procedure and local analgesic infiltration into the nephrostomy tract after the PCNL is the more comfortable procedure for the patients.