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)…
Fig. 15.1 Image of deployed Stone Cone (courtesy of Boston Scientific) Several studies have examined the efficacy of the Stone Cone® in prevention of stone migration. In the initial clinical…
Fig. 14.1 High incidence angles cause by bending of the light Flexible Ureteroscope Design: Impact on Fiber Performance Flexible ureteroscopes are capable of high degrees of both primary and secondary…
Vascular causes Arteriovenous malformations Renal hemangioma Renal vein hypertension Nutcracker syndrome Renal arteriovenous fistula Renal arteriopelvic fistula Nonvascular causes Bleeding diathesis Exercise-induced (“march”) hematuria Renal papillary necrosis Endometriosis Renal ptosis…
Indwelling preoperative stent No preoperative stent Male 13/15 F or 14/16 F, 45 cm 11/13 F or 12/14 F, 45 cm Female 13/15 F or 14/16 F, 35 cm…
Trial Magnetic removal (s) Basket removal (s) Difference (s) Stones in ureteral orifice (magnetic, basket) 1 257 555a 298 1, 1 2 413 410 −3 2, 1 3 235 730…
