Article: Reports from Brady Urological Institute advance knowledge in pyelonephritis.

Researchers detail in 'Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis: presentation and management in the era of laparoscopy,' new data in pyelonephritis. "To report a contemporary series of patients with xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis (XGP, an inflammatory condition of the kidney that has traditionally been treated with open nephrectomy, ON), managed with either ON or laparoscopic nephrectomy (LN), as early reports suggest that the benefits of LN do not extend to patients with XGP. The medical and procedural records of patients with pathologically confirmed XGP between December 1993 to February 2004 were reviewed retrospectively," investigators in the United States report (see ...

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