[Treatment of precalyceal stones of Cacchi-Ricci disease by flexible ureterorenoscopy and Holmium-YAG laser].

Abstract

Flexible ureterorenoscopy combined with Holmium-YAG laser is an effective and reliable technique for the management of renal stones. Cacchi-Ricci disease is a frequent urological malformation characterized by precalyceal stone formation, for which no preventive treatment is available at the present time. Some complicated forms are difficult to manage because of the technical impossibility of treating these precalyceal stones. The objective of this article is to describe a technique allowing management of these precalyceal stones by flexible ureterorenoscopy combined with Holmium-YAG laser.

• Authors: Xavier Breton, Abdelkader Saidi, Véronique Delaporte, Christian Coulange, Eric Lechevallier
• Journal: Progres en urologie : journal de l'Association francaise d'urologie et de la Societe francaise d'urologie (Prog Urol) Vol. 16 Issue 4 Pg. 508-13 (Sep 2006) ISSN: 1166-7087 [Print] France
• Vernacular Title: Traitement des calculs précaliciels de la maladie de Cacchi et Ricci par urétérorénoscopie souple et laser.
• PMID: 17069053 (Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article)

Topics

• Combined Modality Therapy
• Humans
• Kidney Calculi (etiology, therapy)
• Kidney Calices
• Laser Therapy
• Ureteroscopy (methods)