urovestВестник урологииUrology Herald2308-6424Rostov State Medical University10.21886/2308-6424-2024-12-2-87-107urovest-858Research ArticleОБЗОРЫ ЛИТЕРАТУРЫREVIEWS ARTICLEЭффективность, безопасность и технические особенности выполнения перкутанной нефролитотомии с точки зрения доказательной медицины (систематический обзор мета-анализов)Evidence-based efficacy, safety and technical features of performing percutaneous nephrolithotomy (systematic review of meta-analyses)https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2993-884XМалхасянВ. А.MalkhasyanV. A.

Виген Андреевич Малхасян — д-р мед. наук, профессор кафедры урологии ФГБОУ ВО «Российский университет медицины» Минздрава России; заведующий урологическим отделением № 67 ГКБ им. С. П. Боткина ДЗМ

Москва

Vigen A. Malkhasyan — M.D., Dr.Sc.(Med); Prof., Dept. of Urology, Russian University of Medicine; Head, Urology Division No. 67, Botkin City Clinical Hospital

Moscow

vigenmalkhasyan@gmail.comhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6255-0193ГаджиевН. К.GadzhievN. K.

Нариман Казиханович Гаджиев — д-р мед. наук; заместитель директора по медицинской части (урология)

Санкт-Петербург

Nariman K. Gadzhiev — M.D., Dr.Sc.(Med); Deputy Director for the Medical (Urology)

St. Petersburg

nariman.gadjiev@gmail.comhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3840-0259СухихС. О.SukhikhS. O.

Сергей Олегович Сухих — канд. мед. наук; врач-уролог урологического отделения № 67 ГКБ им. С. П. Боткина ДЗМ

Москва

Sergey O. Sukhikh — M.D., Сand.Sc.(Med); Urologist, Urology Division No. 67

Moscow

docsukhikh@gmail.comhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6096-5723ПушкарьД. Ю.PushkarD. Yu.

Дмитрий Юрьевич Пушкарь — акад. РАН, д-р мед. наук, профессор; заведующий кафедрой урологии ФГБОУ ВО «Российский университет медицины» Минздрава России; руководитель Московского урологического центра ГКБ им. С. П. Боткина ДЗМ

Москва

Dmitry Yu. Pushkar — M.D., Dr.Sc.(Med), Full Prof., Acad. of the RAS; Head, Dept. of Urology, Russian University of Medicine; Head, Moscow Urological Centre, Botkin City Clinical Hospital

Moscow

pushkardm@mail.ruРоссийский университет медицины; Городская клиническая больница им. С. П. БоткинаРоссияRussian University of Medicine (RosUniMed); Botkin City Clinical HospitalRussian FederationКлиника высоких медицинских технологий им. Н. И. Пирогова — Санкт-Петербургский государственный университетРоссияPirogov Clinic of Advanced Medical Technologies — St. Petersburg State UniversityRussian FederationГородская клиническая больница им. С. П. БоткинаРоссияBotkin City Clinical HospitalRussian Federation20242904202412287107Copyright © Малхасян В.А., Гаджиев Н.К., Сухих С.О., Пушкарь Д.Ю., 20242024Малхасян В.А., Гаджиев Н.К., Сухих С.О., Пушкарь Д.Ю.Malkhasyan V.A., Gadzhiev N.K., Sukhikh S.O., Pushkar D.Y.Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.https://www.urovest.ru/jour/article/view/858

На сегодняшний день в литературе представлен большой объём данных относительно эффективности, безопасности, технических особенностей выполнения перкутанной нефролитотомии. Ощутимая доля исследований представлена в формате систематически обзоров литературы и мета-анализов. В данной работе проведён анализ накопившегося материала в виде системного обзора мета-анализов с целью формирования клинических рекомендаций, имеющих высокий уровень доказательности.

To date, the literature presents a wide data regarding the effectiveness, safety, and technical features of percutaneous nephrolithotomy. A significant proportion of studies are presented in the format of systematic literature reviews and meta-analyses. This article presents an analysis of the accumulated data was carried out in the form of a systematic review of meta-analyses.

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