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The influence of catheter type, the number of sutures and patients’ age on percutaneous nephrostomy displacement Cover

The influence of catheter type, the number of sutures and patients’ age on percutaneous nephrostomy displacement

Radiology and Oncology
Volume 59 (2025): Issue 4 (December 2025)
By: Dimitrij Kuhelj,  Ana Sustersic and  Urban Zdesar  
Open Access
|Dec 2025

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FIGURE 1.

Loop percutaneous nephrostomy (PCN) catheters with strings 6 months after implantation. (A) Single suture on the left image is intact, while single suture on the other side (B) is not fixed to the skin anymore.
Loop percutaneous nephrostomy (PCN) catheters with strings 6 months after implantation. (A) Single suture on the left image is intact, while single suture on the other side (B) is not fixed to the skin anymore.

FIGURE 2.

Fluoroscopic image of the same patient. Catheter position is correct, despite non-fixing suture on the right side.
Fluoroscopic image of the same patient. Catheter position is correct, despite non-fixing suture on the right side.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/raon-2025-0037 | Journal eISSN: 1581-3207 | Journal ISSN: 1318-2099
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Language: English
Page range: 522 - 525
Submitted on: Jan 15, 2025
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Accepted on: Apr 24, 2025
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Published on: Dec 16, 2025
Published by: Association of Radiology and Oncology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
percutaneous nephrostomy,
displacement,
catheter type,
suture number,
age
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Clinical medicine,
Internal medicine,
Haematology, oncology,
Radiology

© 2025 Dimitrij Kuhelj, Ana Sustersic, Urban Zdesar, published by Association of Radiology and Oncology
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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