title: [Transurethral ureterolithotripsy under hydraulic ureteral dilatation].
abstract: Transurethral ureterolithotripsy was performed in 32 patients with ureteral stones. A rigid ureteroscope was used and for the purpose of ureteral dilatation a hydraulic ureteral dilator (Ureteromat) was used. In total 39 stones were treated and of these 30 stones (77%) were successfully extracted or disintegrated. The success rate according to the location of the stone was as follows; 50% for the upper ureteral stone, 55% for middle ureteral stone and 96% for lower ureteral stone. As a complication of the procedure a lower ureteral stricture was noted in one patient. Hydraulic ureteral dilatation is a useful method of ureteral dilatation in transurethral ureterolithotripsy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Hyogo College of Medicine.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsui
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tsujimoto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ogino
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hosokawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Terakawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ihara
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shima
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shimada
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arima
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008096:Lithotripsy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014514:Ureteral Calculi / Q000628:therapy*