PCNL · Recognition · D15

That is not urothelium

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

PCNLRecognition · Advanced

The scenario

  • Left PCNL, lateral lower-pole puncture in a thin patient.
  • Tract dilated, sheath in.
What you see
  • Through the nephroscope: pink, smooth wall with regular folds and no papillae.
  • Fluid moves in a slow wave across it.
Plate from the linked animation. Schematic to come: a retrorenal colon lying on the line of the tract
Schematic to come: a retrorenal colon lying on the line of the tractSchematic pending
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Teaching only · not for diagnosis or treatment decisions