Nephrectomy for xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis
- Authors
- Leilei Xia and Thomas J Guzzo
- Peer Reviewers
- Alberto F Leoni and Wei Phin Tan
- Date of Publication
- January 2017
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.18591/BJUIK.0395
Content
- Classic CT signs in xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis (XGP) patients
- Staging XGP preoperatively based on the CT scans
- General principles needed to perform nephrectomy in the XGP setting
- Latest evidence of feasibility of laparoscopic nephrectomy for selected XGP patients and how to select patients
