PCNL · Prevention · D16

Read the CT for the colon

Allow about two minutes for two rounds. This scenario is teaching content; the score supports revision and does not assess clinical competence.

PCNLPrevention · Core

The scenario

  • Planning a left lower-pole PCNL.
  • The CT is on the screen.
What you see
  • On the supine CT the descending colon lies lateral and slightly posterior to the lower pole.
Plate from the linked animation. Schematic to come: axial CT with a retrorenal colon, safe versus unsafe tract
Schematic to come: axial CT with a retrorenal colon, safe versus unsafe tractSchematic pending
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Teaching only · not for diagnosis or treatment decisions