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Enhancing surgical outcomes in ureteral stricture treatment: a combined approach using flexible ureteroscopy and laparoscopy [PDF]

BMC Urology
Background Ureteral strictures pose significant challenges in urological surgery, requiring precise localization of stenotic segments for effective resection.
Xuhong Zhang, Rongchang Guo, Bin Xu, Yiwei Wang   +3 more
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Repair Rate and Associated Costs of Reusable Flexible Ureteroscopes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

European Urology Open Science, 2022
Context: The refined mechanics of a flexible ureteroscope (fURS) are vulnerable to damage. Sending the fURS for repair is costly and has driven interest toward estimating the resources used for fURS repairs.
Dinah K. Rindorf, Thomas Tailly, Guido M. Kamphuis, Sara Larsen, Bhaskar K. Somani, Olivier Traxer, Kevin Koo   +6 more
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Ex-vivo ureteroscopy for the treatment of nephrolithiasis in a deceased donor kidney prior to transplantation

Urology Video Journal, 2022
Background: There are over 100,000 adult patients awaiting renal transplantation in the United States, with less than 25% who undergo eventual transplantation [1].
Marcus L. Jamil, Jack Vercnocke, Patrick Etta, Adhnan Mohamed, Mohit Butaney, Mahdi Bazzi, Simon Zetuna, Lauren Malinzak, David Leavitt   +8 more
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Flexible ureteroscopy for upper tract urothelial carcinoma

, 2022
Flexible ureteroscopy (fURS) is an essential tool for the diagnosis, risk stratification, and treatment of upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC). fURS should actually be performed in case of uncertainty, for kidney-sparing surgery (KSS), and even ...
Gontero, Paolo, del Pilar Laguna Pes, Maria, de la Rosette, Jean J. M. C. H., Soria, Francesco   +3 more
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Diagnostic ureteroscopy in CT urography-diagnosed upper tract urothelial carcinoma: delay in definitive treatment and increased intravesical recurrence [PDF]

, 2021
Purpose To investigate the effect of diagnostic ureteroscopy (URS) on the delay to surgical treatment of upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) detected by imaging and the risk of intravesical recurrence.
Shsm, Hadi, Munro, Nicholas, Fahmy, Omar, Bright, Elizabeth, Mantle, Mark   +4 more
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Ureteral Stents for Impassable Ureteroscopy [PDF]

, 2012
Background: For the narrow ureter that will not accommodate a ureteroscope, it is common practice to place a ureteral stent, to allow subsequent ureteroscopy in the passively dilated ureter.
Ambani, Sapan N., Roberts, William W., Hollingsworth, John M., Wolf, J. Stuart, Faerber, Gary J.   +4 more
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Adult Ureteroscopy (A-URS) Checklist: A New Tool To Standardise Reporting in Endourology

European Urology Open Science, 2023
Ureteroscopy is increasingly being used for urolithiasis. Technological innovations have been accompanied by wide variations in practice patterns.
Patrick Juliebø-Jones, Øyvind Ulvik, Christian Beisland, Bhaskar K. Somani   +3 more
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Postoperative opioid-free ureteroscopy discharge: A quality initiative pilot protocol

Current Urology, 2021
. Background:. Opioids are commonly prescribed after ureteroscopy. With an increasing adoption of ureteroscopy for management of urolithiasis, this subset of patients is at high risk for opioid dependence.
Alex M. Kasman, Bogdana Schmidt, Kyle Spradling, Charlene Chow, Rebecca Hunt, Mechele Wu, Alexa Sockol, Joseph Liao, John T. Leppert, Jay Shah, Simon L. Conti   +10 more
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Preoperative ureteral stenting prior to ureteroscopy for management of urolithiasis does not impact the postoperative return for unplanned care

Urology Annals, 2019
Introduction: Return for unplanned postoperative care is an important quality metric in the United States. Most of our postoperative return visits occur after ureteroscopy.
Andrew F Navetta, Amr Elmekresh, Karen Doersch, Trey D Durdin, G Luke Machen, Adam Cohen, Patrick S Lowry, Marawan M El Tayeb   +7 more
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Should flexible ureteroscope be added to our armamentarium to treat stone disease?

Indian Journal of Urology, 2008
The field of Urology in Medicine has witnessed tremendous advancement in technology and in accordance with it. Endourology has taken a leap ahead in terms of stone management. Most of the stones could be treated with semi-rigid ureteroscopy, percutaneous
Anand Dharaskar, Anil Mandhani
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