Equipment list Cystoscope (rigid and flexible) Semirigid ureteroscope Flexible ureteroscope Nitinol guidewires (0.038″, 0.035″, Amplatz superstiff) Hydrophilic guidewires—straight and angle-tipped (0.038″, 0.035″, 0.025″) 5 Fr open-ended ureteral catheter 5 Fr…
Clean Uninfected operative site, with primary skin closure Clean-contaminated Entry into respiratory, alimentary, genital, or urinary tracts Contaminated Fresh accidental wounds, major break in sterile technique, gross spillage from gastrointestinal…
Absolute indications Relative indications Perforation of ureter or collecting system Large stone burden fragmented during ureteroscopy Infected system Solitary kidney Cannot achieve access and require passive ureteral dilation Edematous ureter…
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Company Product name Size (Fr) Length (cm) Cook Flexor 9.5, 12.0, 14.0 13, 20, 28, 35, 45, 55 BARD Aqua Guide 10/12, 10/14, 11/13, 11/15 25,, 35, 45, 55 Boston…
T—Primary tumor TX Primary tumor cannot be assessed T0 No evidence of primary tumor Ta Noninvasive papillary carcinoma Tis Carcinoma in situ T1 Tumor invades subepithelial connective tissue T2 Tumor…
Fig. 12.1 Irrigation systems. (a) Kosin universal piggyback irrigation system. Permission for use granted by Kosin Technologies. (b) Boston Scientific Single Action Pump (SAP). Permission for use granted by Boston…
Investigator Year Procedure Instrument Young 1929 Ureteroscopy for dilated ureter in infant with Puv Pediatric cystoscope Marshall 1964 Diagnostic ureteroscopy Goodman 1977 Therapeutic ureteroscopy—fulguration of ureteral tumor Pediatric cystoscope Raney…
Fig. 8.1 Flexible ureterorenoscopes available. Left are fiber optic ureteroscopes, and on the right are the digital ureteroscope. The Olympus V2 is coming soon and is not illustrated In 2001,…
Fig. 13.1 Stone-free rates are superior with an antegrade percutaneous (PCNL) approach if the impacted proximal ureteral stone is above the level of L4 [12] Case Report A patient was…
