Associate Professor, College of Nursing, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Puducherry.
Online Published on 26 October, 2023.
Stag horn calculus is large renal stones which fill the renal pelvis and at least one renal calyx. A stag horn calculus is the name given to a branching kidney stone. Female is risk to develop renal stones. Common clinical manifestations are abdominal pain, infection and fever. Stag horn calculus is removed by percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL).
Staghorn Calculus, Renal pelvis, Percutaneous nephrolithotomy