Abstract | OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the efficacy of flexible ureterscopy (fURS) and extracorporal shockwave lithotripsy (SWL) in the treatment of urolithiasis, complemented by a subgroup analysis of lower pole calyx. METHODS: Retrospective analysis of patients treated by fURS or SWL was performed by independent variables such as gender, age, nephrolith size, double-J stent (DJ stent) and stone localisation. RESULTS: Out of 326 patients, 165 were treated by SWL and 161 by fURS. Complete stone removal was achieved by fURS in 83.2% and by SWL in 43.0% (p < 0.001). Asymptomatic behaviour (88-89%) and complication rate (10-11%) were nearly the same in both methods. A higher retreatment rate for SWL was necessary; otherwise, an auxillary DJ stent was performed more often preoperative before fURS. The subgroup analysis of lower pole calyx confirmed these evaluations. CONCLUSIONS: Complete stone-free removal was almost 8 times higher after fURS compared to SWL. The efficacy of fURS in treatment of urolithiasis is substantially higher than the efficacy of SWL.
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Authors | Volkmar Tauber, Martin Wohlmuth, Andreas Hochmuth, Wolfgang Schimetta, Wofgang Schimetta, F Steffen Krause |
Journal | Urologia internationalis
(Urol Int)
Vol. 95
Issue 3
Pg. 324-8
( 2015)
ISSN: 1423-0399 [Electronic] Switzerland |
PMID | 26393912
(Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article)
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Copyright | © 2015 S. Karger AG, Basel. |
Topics |
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Female
- Humans
- Lithotripsy
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Retrospective Studies
- Treatment Outcome
- Ureteroscopes
- Ureteroscopy
- Urolithiasis
(therapy)
- Young Adult
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