Abstract |
During the last 20 years, the technology advancement of small flexible ureterorenoscopes has dramatically changed the management of renal calculi. Retrograde intrarenal surgery (RIRS) has currently a high impact on active stone treatment, and it is increasingly used worldwide. Nevertheless, kidney stone fragmentation and direct removal of fragments require many passages of the ureteroscope, is often time-consuming, and may be very difficult through anatomical and technical factors. We describe a simple, feasible and efficient technique for small stone fragments retrieval, which are often difficult to remove during RIRS.
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Authors | J Cloutier, E R Cordeiro, G M Kamphuis, L Villa, J Letendre, J J de la Rosette, Olivier Traxer |
Journal | Urolithiasis
(Urolithiasis)
Vol. 42
Issue 5
Pg. 441-4
(Oct 2014)
ISSN: 2194-7236 [Electronic] Germany |
PMID | 25004802
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Agglutination
- Blood Coagulation
- Humans
- Kidney Calculi
(pathology, surgery)
- Kidney Calices
- Ureteroscopy
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