title: [Rigid ureteroscopy: results and complications].
abstract: We make an evaluation of 66 ureteroscopies (URS) carried out in our Service over a period of 18 months. In 55 cases it was done for therapeutic purposes in ureteral lithiasis, and in 11 cases it was for diagnostic purposes. In the treatment of lithiasis resolutive effectivity at the first attempt was 68%, in 9% ureterolithotomy had to be performed due to the impossibility of approaching the calculus, and in 23% supplementary treatment was carried out by means of external litrotripsy. In the diagnostic field, effectivity was 72%. Notable complications arose in 6 cases (9%), 6 ureteral perforations, in three of which a urinoma was formed, all settled with a double J catheter. Open surgery was not resorted to in any case. No sequelae were observed and this technique therefore showed itself to be safe and effective.
authors.affiliation: Servico de Urología, Hospital de Bellvitge, Principes de España, Barcelona.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Franco Miranda
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Vigues Julia
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Tesedo Cubero
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: López Costea
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pérez Céspedes
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gil-Vernet Sedo
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rodríguez Tolra
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Serrallach Mila
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014514:Ureteral Calculi / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D014515:Ureteral Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*
vernacular_title: Ureteroscopia rígida: resultados y complicaciones.