Abstract:Objective?To evaluated the effects of percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) in treatment of patients once received open renal surgery or failed to taken extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy (ESWL).?Methods?Clinical data of 1201 patients who had been underwent PCNL from 2005 to 2014 by the same surgeon. 683 patients (56.9%) of them without a history of ESWL or open renal surgery as group Ⅰ; 302 patients (25.1 %) with a history of failed ESWL on the same side were categorized as group Ⅱ, the remaining 216 (18.0 %) who had once received open renal surgery on the same kidney were categorized as groupⅢ. Then compare the operation duration, stone free rate (SFR), number of attempts to access the collecting system and intraoperative and postoperative complications among the three groups.?Results? There were no differences in sex, body mass index, stone burden and laterality among the three groups. Operation time was significantly shorter in the first group (P = 0.000) while there was no statistically differences in operation duration between the second and the third group (P > 0.05). The number of attempts to enter the collecting system was significantly lower in the first group compared to the other two groups (P = 0.000). There has no significant differences among the three groups in hospital stay, SFR, intraoperative and postoperative complications.?Conclusion?The study clearly demonstrates that PCNL with standard technique can be performed safely in patients with a history of open nephrolithotomy or ESWL without a higher risk of complications and with a success rate similar to that of PCNL in patients with no previous intervention.