Percutaneous nephrostomy in indicated in:
Management of Pyonephrosis Immediate institution of antibiotics therapy and drainage of the infected collecting system. Antibiotics should be staed before manipulation of the urinary tract. In the ill patient, drainage of the collecting system with a percutaneous nephrostomy tube. Nephrectomy in destroyed or non-functioning kidney.
Polycystic kidney disease
Solitary adenocarcinoma
Simple hydronephrosis
Pyonephrosis
Kidney and ureter