TY - GEN AU - Hesham Mohamed Fathi AU - Ashraf Fouda , AU - Mahmoud ElSherbiny , AU - Ragheb Elsergany , TI - Functional outcome of surgery for staghorn calculi / PY - 2006/// CY - Cairo : PB - Hesham Mohamed Fathi , KW - anatrophic nephrolithotomy KW - Staghorn stones KW - stone free rate N1 - Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty Of Medicine - Department Of Urology; Issued also as CD N2 - Staghorn stones are stones that fill the major part of the pelvicalyceal systemDespite remarkable change sin the management of urolithiasis due to advent of ESWL , PCNL , the special problem of the preferred approach to the agement of staghorn calculi remains unsettledAnatrophic nephrolithotomy is considered for management of staghorn stones volume and unfavorable collecting system anatomyPatients and Methods : Forty five cases with large taghornstones were included in this studyThey were divided into two groups ER -