LILACS – Literatura Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Ciencias de la Salud

Retrograde vs. antegrade flexible nephroscopy for detection of residual fragments following PNL: a prospective study with computerized tomography control

Gökce, Mehmet İlker; Gülpinar, Omer; Ibiş, Arif; Karaburun, Muratcan; Kubilay, Eralp; Süer, Evren.

Int. braz. j. urol; 45 (3), 2019

ABSTRACT Introduction: The main aim of stone surgery is to establish stone free status. Performing flexible nephroscopy is an effective tool in this manner. The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of retrograde flexible nephroscopy for detection of residual fragments following percutaneous nephro...

Endoscopía/instrumentación, Endoscopía/métodos, Diseño de Equipo, Cálculos Renales/diagnóstico por imagen, Cálculos Renales/cirugía, Cálices Renales/cirugía, Persona de Mediana Edad, Nefrolitotomía Percutánea/instrumentación, Nefrolitotomía Percutánea/métodos, Estudios Prospectivos, Reproducibilidad de los Resultados, Tomografía Computarizada por Rayos X/métodos, Resultado del Tratamiento

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Ureterocalycostomy - final resort in the management of secondary pelvi-ureteric junction obstruction: our experience

ABSTRACT: Ureterocalycostomy can be performed in patients in whom desired methods of treating secondary PUJ (Pelvi-Ureteric Junction) obstructions either failed or could not be used. In our study, one child and two adults in whom one redo-ureterocalycostomy and two ureterocalycostomies were performed for...