Fig. 23.1 Basic semirigid ureteroscopy (arrow) setup The essential paraphernalia, such as stone baskets and ureteral stents, needed for rigid and semirigid ureteroscopy is listed elsewhere in this book. Techniques…
Company Stryker Storz Olympus Olympus Wolf Wolf Gyrus/ACMI Gyrus/ACMI Scope name/series SRU-6/SRU6X 27001K/L OES 4000 dual OES pro single E-Line offset/ultrathin Needle Bagley Slimline Working length 33/43 cm 34/43 cm…
Author No. of ureteroscopies Avulsion Major perforationb Minor perforation Mucosal abrasion Stricture Netto [44] 483 0.8% – 5.8% 0.2% 0.6% Grasso [12] 1,000 0% 0% 0.4% – 0.4% Abdel-Razzak [10]…
Fig. 1.1 Howard Kelly and his cystoscopic-guided ureteral catheterization using freshly waxed tips. Courtesy of the William P. Didusch Center for Urologic History In this historical sojourn, the development of…
Fig. 10.1 Various tip shapes of guidewires. From [6], reprinted with permission from Elsevier Limited Wire Rigidity Urological guidewire shafts are composed of a solid metal core surrounded by a…
Equipment Fluoroscopy table Rigid and flexible cystoscopes Semirigid ureteroscope Flexible ureteroscope Disposable Hydrophilic guidewires Holmium laser 5-F ureteral catheter Biopsy forceps Ureteroscopic Bugbee electrode JJ-ureteral stent Contrast solution Surgical Technique…
and D. Duane Baldwin2 (1) Department of Urology, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA, USA (2) Department of Urology, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda University School of…
Manufacture Model Working length (cm) Tip diameter (Fr) Proximal shaft diameter Deflection up/down degrees Channel diameter (Fr) Gyrus ACMI DUR 8Ea 64 6.75 10.1 170/180 3.6 Gyrus ACMI DUR-8 Ultraa…
Fig. 36.1 Retrograde pyelogram showing midrenal calyceal diverticulum; stone seen as filling defect Fig. 36.2 (a) KUB depicting well fragmented stone after E-SWL in upper pole of left kidney. (b)…
