Results 31 to 40 of about 11,140 (213)

Ureteroscopy: is it the best?

Urologia Journal, 2014
Over the last 40 years the treatment of urolithiasis passed from open surgical therapies to minimally invasive approaches. From the introduction of the first ureteroscopes in ‘80s many technological improvements allowed to reduce endourological instruments’ size, ensuring in the meanwhile an increasingly high success rate in the resolution of the ...
Porpiglia F., Fiori C., Poggio M., Cossu, Matteo, Amparore D., Manfredi M., Bertolo R., Mele F., Garrou D., Cattaneo G., Scarpa R. M.   +10 more
openaire   +5 more sources

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
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

Combined flexible URS and percutaneous ‘through and through’ puncture of an intra-renal cyst with internalisation of drainage, to treat calyceal obstruction and recurrent stones

Urology Case Reports, 2020
A 61 year old gentleman had a large renal cyst, thought to be causing a ‘pseudo-hydrocalyx’ leading to recurrent stones. Definitive treatment with laparoscopic deroofing was planned, however intra-operatively this was abandoned due to complex anatomy and
Joseph Santiapillai, Sachin Agrawal
doaj   +1 more source

Microdamage analysis of single-use flexible ureteroscope immediately after lithotripsy use

Scientific Reports, 2022
This prospective ex vivo study investigated microdamage to single-use flexible ureteroscopes (fURS) after ureteroscopy and endoscopic combined intrarenal surgery (ECIRS). The performance of 30 WiScope devices (OTU Medical, San Jose, CA, USA) was examined
Teruaki Sugino, Kazumi Taguchi, Rei Unno, Shuzo Hamamoto, Ryosuke Ando, Atsushi Okada, Takahiro Yasui   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ureteroscopy-assisted retrograde nephrostomy for lower calyx calculi in horseshoe kidney: two case reports

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2012
Introduction We previously reported on the effectiveness of ureteroscopy-assisted retrograde nephrostomy during percutaneous nephrolithotomy and report two cases of lower calyx calculi in horseshoe kidney that were successfully treated with ureteroscopy ...
Kawahara Takashi, Ito Hiroki, Terao Hideyuki, Tanaka Katsuyuki, Ogawa Takehiko, Uemura Hiroji, Kubota Yoshinobu, Matsuzaki Junichi   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effect of intra-institutional standardization of using intraoperative fluoroscopy in ureteroscopy [PDF]

, 2021
Introduction: This study aimed to examine the efficacy of intra-institutional standardization of fluoroscopy use to reduce X-ray exposure and identify factors that predict reduced fluoroscopy time.
Ito, Hiroki, Nirei, Takuma, Tabei, Tadashi, Kobayashi, Kazuki   +3 more
core  

Diagnostic Ureteroscopy for Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma is Independently Associated with Intravesical Recurrence after Radical Nephroureterectomy

International Brazilian Journal of Urology
Purpose: To determine the effect of diagnostic ureteroscopy on intravesical recurrence in patients with upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) after radical nephroureterectomy (RNU).
Pei Liu, Xiao-hong Su, Geng-Yan Xiong, Xue-Song Li, Li-Qun Zhou   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Same-session bilateral ureteroscopy: safety and outcomes. [PDF]

, 2017
OBJECTIVE: To assess the complications and outcomes associated with same-session bilateral ureteroscopy in a tertiary referral center, as same-session bilateral ureteroscopy for stone disease has been critiqued for the theoretical risk of injury to both ...
Rivera, Marcelino, Ingimarsson, Johann P, Krambeck, Amy E, Knoedler, John J   +3 more
core   +2 more sources