[Percutaneous antegrade treatment of calculi located in the upper ureter using a flexible uretero-renoscope].
In selected cases of upper ureteric stones, especially in the impacted ureteric stone, when first line treatment with ESWL has failed, an antegrade flexible uretero-renoscopic treatment may offer a good alternative. Treatment results are presented in 9 patients with 10 upper ureteric stones. During 10 procedures the antegrade flexible uretero-renoscopic technique proved to be a reliable method when using grasping methods, electrohydraulic disintegration or a combination of both techniques, with no failures encountered. IVU at 3 months was unremarkable in all patients.
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Zuiderzee Ziekenhuis, afd. Urologie, Lelystad.
D000328:Adult; D004724:Endoscopy; D005260:Female; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology; D006801:Humans; D008096:Lithotripsy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009403:Nephrostomy, Percutaneous / Q000379:methods*; D014514:Ureteral Calculi / Q000628:therapy*
Percutane antegrade behandeling van de hooggelegen uretersteen met behulp van een flexibele uretero-renoscoop.