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case_images: CT KUB demonstrating left staghorn kidney stone.
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case_images: CT abdomen and pelvis with contrast was carried which showed small left kidney with staghorn stone of about 7 cm in diameter and multiple smaller stone in the calyces (Figure 1).
case_images: (a) Patient in prone positioning. (b) Alken dilators. (c) PCNL procedure. (d) Patient's stone fragments.
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case_images: He was then offered to undergo PCNL, as the ultimate therapy for his renal stone (Figure 2). The total operative time was about 2 hours (Total operative time counts from the moment when cystoscope was inserted into the bladder in lithotomy position, continues with shifting the patient to prone position, and finishing with closure of skin incision) (Figure 2).