Instruments and Accessories for ECIRS

Mar 5, 2017 by in NEPHROLOGY Comments Off on Instruments and Accessories for ECIRS

Fig. 12.1 Storz HD fixed video camera with its control unit Fig. 12.2 Storz HD pendulum video camera Fig. 12.3 Fiber-optic cables of different diameters Fig. 12.4 Storz Xenon light…

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ECIRS: Access Creation

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Fig. 13.1 Cephalad 30° tilting of the C-arm to puncture the kidney under fluoroscopic guidance (© Carole Fumat): Initial position (a) Placing a reference clamp on the abdominal wall (b)…

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Technical Aspects of Percutaneous Management of Ureteral Stenosis and Upper Urinary Tract Transitional Cell Carcinomas (UUT-TCC)

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Fig. 18.1 (a) Contrast from antegrade approach only; (b) contrast added from combined antegrade and retrograde approaches helps to map the length and severity of a ureteral stenosis Moreover, a…

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Imaging in Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy

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Fig. 7.1 Bilateral weak radiopaque staghorn stones in a patient with cystinuria. The patient was referred with bilateral JJ stents 7.2.1.2 Intravenous Urography (IVU) Traditionally, IVU was the preferred imaging…

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Stone Fragmentation and Extraction

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Fig. 14.1 Laser vaporization of a stone (high frequency and low energy) Fig. 14.2 Laser fragmentation of a stone (low frequency and high energy) The second one aims at obtaining…

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Anatomy for PNL

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Fig. 6.1 Drawing of the anatomical location of the kidneys in the retroperitoneum (a) (© Carole Fumat); coronal macrosection from a formalin-fixed cadaver at the level of the adrenal space…

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