International Alliance of Urolithiasis (IAU) consensus on miniaturized percutaneous nephrolithotomy

Guo-Hua Zeng; Wen Zhong; Giorgio Mazzon; Wei Zhu; Sven Lahme; Sanjay Khadgi; Janak Desai; Madhu Agrawal; David Schulsinger; Mantu Gupta; Emanuele Montanari; Juan Manuel Lopez Martinez; Shabir Almousawi; Vincent Emanuel F. Malonzo; Seshadri Sriprasad; Otas Durutovic; Vimoshan Arumuham; Stefania Ferretti; Wissam Kamal; Ke-Wei Xu; Fan Cheng; Xiao-Feng Gao; Ji-Wen Cheng; Bhaskar Somani; Mordechai Duvdevani; Kah Ann Git; Christian Seitz; Norberto Bernardo; Tarek Ahmed Amin Ibrahim; Albert Aquino; Takahiro Yasui; Cristian Fiori; Thomas Knoll; Athanasios Papatsoris; Nariman Gadzhiev; Ulanbek Zhanbyrbekuly; Oriol Angerri; Hugo Lopez Ramos; Iliya Saltirov; Mohamad Moussa; Guido Giusti; Fabio Vicentini; Edgar Beltran Suarez; Margaret Pearle; Glenn M. Preminger; Qing-Hui Wu; Chu Ann Chai; Khurshid Ghani; Marcus Maroccolo; Marianne Brehmer; Palle J. Osther; Marek Zawadzki; Azimdjon Tursunkulov; Monolov Nurbek Kytaibekovich; Abdusamad Abdukakhorovich Abuvohidov; Cesar Antonio Recalde Lara; Zamari Noori; Stefano Paolo Zanetti; Sunil Shrestha; Jean de la Rosette; John Denstedt; Zhang-Qun Ye; Kemal Sarica; Simon Choong

doi:10.1186/s40779-024-00562-3

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International Alliance of Urolithiasis (IAU) consensus on miniaturized percutaneous nephrolithotomy

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- International Alliance of Urolithiasis (IAU) consensus on miniaturized percutaneous nephrolithotomy
- “In the field of minimally invasive urology, an international panel of experts from the International Alliance of Urolithiasis has compiled a comprehensive clinical framework for miniaturized percutaneous nephrolithotomy (mPCNL) procedures. This expert consensus document, based on a systematic literature review and a two-round modified Delphi survey, addresses unresolved controversies and limitations, providing urologists with detailed techniques to optimize patient outcomes.”
- Military Medical Research Vol. 12, Issue 7, Pages: 985-995(2025)
- Affiliations：
  
  1.Department of Urology and Guangdong Key Laboratory of Urology, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510230, China
  2.Department of Urology, San Bassiano Hospital, 36061 Vicenza, Italy
  3.Department of Urology, Siloah St. Trudpert Hospital, 75179 Pforzheim, Germany
  4.Department of Urology, Vayodha Hospital, Kathmandu 44600, Nepal
  5.Department of Urology, Muljibhai Patel Urological Hospital, Nadiad 387001, India
  6.Department of Urology, Centre for Minimally-Invasive Endourology, Global Rainbow Healthcare, Agra 282007, India
  7.Department of Urology, Stony Brook University School of Medicine, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA
  8.Department of Urology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Mount Sinai Health System, New York, NY 10029, USA
  9.Department of Urology, Fondazione IRCSS Ca’ Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, University of Milan, 20122 Milan, Italy
  10.Department of Urology, Barcelona Clinical Hospital, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
  11.Department of Urology, Sabah Al Ahmad Urology Centre, 20005 Kuwait, Kuwait
  12.Department of Surgery, Section of Urology, Veterans Memorial Medical Center, 1110 Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines
  13.Department of Urology, Darent Valley Hospital, Dartford DA2 8DA, UK
  14.Department of Urology, University of Belgrade, 11120 Belgrade, Serbia
  15.Department of Urology, Stone and Endourology Unit, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London NW1 2BU, UK
  16.Department of Urology, Hospital, University of Parma, 43126 Parma, Italy
  17.Department of Urology, King Fahd Hospital, 23325 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
  18.Department of Urology, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510120, China
  19.Department of Urology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China
  20.Department of Urology, Shanghai Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China
  21.Department of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning 530022, China
  22.Department of Urology, University Hospital Southampton NHS Trust, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK
  23.Department of Urology, Hadassah Hebrew University Hospital, 91120 Jerusalem, Israel
  24.Department of Urology, Pantai Hospital, 11900 Penang, Malaysia
  25.Department of Urology, Vienna General Hospital, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
  26.Department of Urology, Hospital de Clinicas Jose de San Martin, 1120 Buenos Aires, Argentina
  27.Department of Urology, Hamad Medical Corporation, 2001 Doha, Qatar
  28.Department of Urology, Jose R. Reyes Memorial Medical Center, 1003 Manila, Philippines
  29.Department of Nephrourology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya 464-0083, Japan
  30.Department of Urology, San Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, University of Turin, 10043 Orbassano, Turin, Italy
  31.Department of Urology, Klinikum Sindelfingen-Boeblingen, University of Tuebingen, 71032 Tuebingen, Germany
  32.Department of Urology, Sismanogleion General Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15126 Athens, Greece
  33.Department of Urology, Saint-Petersburg State University Hospital, Saint-Petersburg, Russia 194100
  34.Department of Urology and Andrology, Astana Medical University, 010000 Astana, Kazakhstan
  35.Department of Urology, Puigvert Foundation, Autonomous University of Barcelona, 08025 Barcelona, Spain
  36.Department of Urology, San Ignacio University Hospital, 110231 Bogotá, Colombia
  37.Department of Urology and Nephrology, Military Medical Academy, 1431 Sofia, Bulgaria
  38.Department of Urology, Al Zahraa Hospital University Medical Center and Lebanese University, Beirut 10001, Lebanon
  39.Department of Urology, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Ville Turro Division, 20127 Milan, Italy
  40.Department of Urology, Endourology and Stone Disease Section, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo 05508, Brazil
  41.Department of Urology, Specialty Hospital La Raza, National Medical Center of the Mexican Institute of Social Security, 97217 Mexico City, Mexico
  42.Department of Urology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
  43.Division of Urologic Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27705, USA
  44.Department of Urology, National University Hospital, Singapore 119074, Singapore
  45.Urology Unit, Department of Surgery, University Malaya Medical Center, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  46.Department of Urology, Division of Endourology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
  47.Department of Urology, Hospital de Base of the Federal District, Brasília 70330-150, Brazil
  48.Department of Urology, Karolinska University Stockholm Sweden and Aarhus University Hospital, 17176 Stockholm, Denmark
  49.Department of Urology, Lillebaelt Hospital, University of Southern Denmark, 246000 Vejle, Denmark
  50.Department of Urology, St. Anna Hospital, 05500 Piaseczno, Poland
  51.Department of Urology, Akfa Medline Hospital, 100211 Tashkent, Uzbekistan
  52.Department of Urology, DOC University Clinic, 760000 Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
  53.Department of Urology, Tajik State Medical University, 734003 Dushanbe, Tajikistan
  54.Department of Urology, Tte. Ettiene 215, 110309 Fernando de La Mora, Paraguay
  55.Department of Urology, Aria Apollo Hospital, Ameriat Square, 3001 Herat, Afghanistan
  56.Department of Urology, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, University of Milan, 28-20122 Milan, Italy
  57.Department of Surgery, Nepal Medical College Teaching Hospital, Jorpati, Kathmandu 44600, Nepal
  58.Department of Urology, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul 34815, Turkey
  59.Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, ON N6A 5C1, Canada
  60.Department of Urology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
  61.Department of Urology, Medical School, Biruni University, Istanbul 34020, Turkey
  62.Department of Urology, University College Hospital of London, London NW1 2BU, UK
- Author bio：
  
  * gzgyzgh@vip.sina.com
  schoong@aol.com
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- DOI：10.1186/s40779-024-00562-3
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- Published：2025-07
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Cite this article as: Zeng GH, Zhong W, Mazzon G, Zhu W, Lahme S, Khadgi S, et al. International Alliance of Urolithiasis (IAU) consensus on miniaturized percutaneous nephrolithotomy. Mil Med Res. 2024;11(1):70.
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Cite this article as: Zeng GH, Zhong W, Mazzon G, Zhu W, Lahme S, Khadgi S, et al. International Alliance of Urolithiasis (IAU) consensus on miniaturized percutaneous nephrolithotomy. Mil Med Res. 2024;11(1):70. DOI： 10.1186/s40779-024-00562-3.

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International Alliance of Urolithiasis (IAU) consensus on miniaturized percutaneous nephrolithotomy

DOI：10.1186/s40779-024-00562-3