Abstract
Branched renal calculi are extremely unusual in infants. We report a case of a partial staghorn calculus in a 9-month-old boy and discuss how techniques routinely used in the treatment of staghorn calculi in adults (extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy, nephrostolithotomy, percutaneous irrigation) can be applied to the infant kidney.
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