Use of drug therapy in the management of symptomatic ureteric stones in hospitalized adults (SUSPEND), a multicentre, placebo-controlled, randomized trial of a calcium-channel blocker (nifedipine) and an α-blocker (tamsulosin) : study protocol for a randomized controlled trial [PDF]
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Anson, Ken +12 more
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Journal of Urology, 2021 Purpose: Ureteral stents are commonly placed after ureteroscopy. Although studies indicate that stents are associated with patient discomfort, their impact on downstream health services use is unclear.
S. Hiller +7 more
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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 +7 more
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Flexible ureteroscopy: technique, tips and tricks
Urolithiasis, 2017 Steeve Doizi, Olivier Traxer
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Design and Performance Investigation of a Robot-Assisted Flexible Ureteroscopy System
Applied Bionics and Biomechanics, 2021 Flexible ureteroscopy (FURS) has been developed and has become a preferred routine procedure for both diagnosis and treatment of kidney stones and other renal diseases inside the urinary tract.
Jianchang Zhao +4 more
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A transfer-learning approach for lesion detection in endoscopic images from the urinary tract [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 Ureteroscopy and cystoscopy are the gold standard methods to identify and treat tumors along the urinary tract. It has been reported that during a normal procedure a rate of 10-20 % of the lesions could be missed. In this work we study the implementation of 3 different Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs), using a 2-steps training strategy, to classify
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Urology Annals, 2016 Context and Aims: Ureteroscopy is the definitive management for ureteric stone. Conventional ureteroscopy uses fluoroscopy guidance which has radiation exposure to patients as well as hospital staff.
Vishwajeet Singh +2 more
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A Lumen Segmentation Method in Ureteroscopy Images based on a Deep Residual U-Net architecture [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 Ureteroscopy is becoming the first surgical treatment option for the majority of urinary affections. This procedure is performed using an endoscope which provides the surgeon with the visual information necessary to navigate inside the urinary tract. Having in mind the development of surgical assistance systems, that could enhance the performance of ...
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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 +6 more
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Using spatial-temporal ensembles of convolutional neural networks for lumen segmentation in ureteroscopy [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 Purpose: Ureteroscopy is an efficient endoscopic minimally invasive technique for the diagnosis and treatment of upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC). During ureteroscopy, the automatic segmentation of the hollow lumen is of primary importance, since it indicates the path that the endoscope should follow.
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