Comprehensive Costs Associated with Fiberoptic and Digital Flexible Ureteroscopes at a High Volume Teaching Hospital [PDF]
Introduction Modern flexible ureteroscope ownership costs are considerable. Most prior estimates focus exclusively on repair costs, likely underestimating overall costs, including those of acquisition and reprocessing. Furthermore, to our knowledge no
Borofsky, Michael S. +4 more
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Flexible delivery of Er:YAG radiation at 2.94 µm with negative curvature silica glass fibers:a new solution for minimally invasive surgical procedures [PDF]
We present the delivery of high energy microsecond pulses through a hollow-core negative-curvature fiber at 2.94 µm. The energy densities delivered far exceed those required for biological tissue manipulation and are of the order of 2300 J/cm(2).
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Ureteral stone in pediatric and treatment with lithotripsy
Background & Objective: Transureteral lithotripsy is an effective procedure in lower ureteral stone. This study was done to evaluate lithotripsy method in pediatric ureteral stones in Mashhad’s Imam-Reza Hospital. Materials & Methods: In our institute 38
MR.Darabi (M.D), H.Ahmadnia (M.D)
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Symmetrical peripheral gangrene of all four limbs: An unusual complication of ureteroscopy
Ureteroscopy (URS) is a commonly performed and a safe urological intervention. However, potentially serious infective complications are possible after URS. A young nondiabetic woman developed severe Gram-negative septicemia after ureteroscopy for a lower
Pankaj N Maheshwari +2 more
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Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy in the Superobese: A Comparison of Outcomes Based on Body Mass Index [PDF]
Introduction: Percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) is considered the gold standard for treatment of large renal calculi. Although several investigators have examined the feasibility and outcomes associated with PCNL in obese patients, these studies have ...
Borofsky, Michael S. +3 more
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Digital ureteroscopes: technology update
Chad M Gridley, Bodo E Knudsen Department of Urology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA Abstract: The field of ureteroscopy has undergone a continual evolution since the first ureteroscopes were introduced.
Gridley CM, Knudsen BE
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Treatment of ureteral calculi by ureteroscopy: experience of 100 cases at the Faculdade de Medicina do ABC (FMABC – Medical School) [PDF]
Objective: To report the experience of treating ureteral calculi byureteroscopy at the Faculdade de Medicina do ABC – SP, with anemphasis on the efficacy and safety of the method.
Antonio Corrêa Lopes Neto +4 more
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Ex-Vivo Ureteroscopy at the Time of Live Donor Nephrectomy [PDF]
Background and Purpose: Potential transplant renal allograft recipients exceed the number of donors. Our institution now considers patients with small, unilateral, nonobstructing, incidental renal calculi for possible renal donation.
Faerber, Gary J. +2 more
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Subcapsular hematoma after ureteroscopy and laser lithotripsy [PDF]
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