{"id":212,"date":"2026-10-05T09:53:26","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T07:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ice26.eposter.civired.com\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=212"},"modified":"2026-10-05T09:53:26","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T07:53:26","slug":"clinical-efficacy-of-intra-operative-stone-culture-in-supine-mini-percutaneous-nephrolithotomy","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/ice26.eposter.civired.com\/en\/portfolio\/clinical-efficacy-of-intra-operative-stone-culture-in-supine-mini-percutaneous-nephrolithotomy\/","title":{"rendered":"Clinical Efficacy of Intra-Operative Stone Culture in Supine Mini-Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction<br \/>\nPost-operative infection remains a concern following supine mini-percutaneous nephrolithotomy (mini-PCNL). Pre-operative urine cultures are routinely used to guide antimicrobial therapy; however, their ability to accurately reflect intra-renal stone colonisation is uncertain. Intra-operative stone culture has been proposed as a more reliable method of identifying clinically relevant pathogens. <\/p>\n<p>Aim<br \/>\nThis study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of intra-operative stone culture in comparison with pre-operative urine culture, in predicting microbial burden and post-operative infectious outcomes in patients undergoing supine mini-PCNL.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction Post-operative infection remains a concern following supine mini-percutaneous nephrolithotomy (mini-PCNL). Pre-operative urine cultures are routinely used to guide antimicrobial therapy; however, their ability to accurately reflect intra-renal stone colonisation is uncertain. Intra-operative stone culture has been proposed as a &hellip; <a class=\"kt-excerpt-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/ice26.eposter.civired.com\/en\/portfolio\/clinical-efficacy-of-intra-operative-stone-culture-in-supine-mini-percutaneous-nephrolithotomy\/\" aria-label=\"Clinical Efficacy of Intra-Operative Stone Culture in Supine Mini-Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy\">read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":213,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"portfolio-type":[19],"portfolio-tag":[],"class_list":["post-212","portfolio","type-portfolio","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","portfolio-type-unmoderated-posters"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ice26.eposter.civired.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ice26.eposter.civired.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ice26.eposter.civired.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/portfolio"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ice26.eposter.civired.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ice26.eposter.civired.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ice26.eposter.civired.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"portfolio-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ice26.eposter.civired.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio-type?post=212"},{"taxonomy":"portfolio-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ice26.eposter.civired.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio-tag?post=212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}