title: [Use of the Fogarty catheter in endoscopic therapy of ureteral calculi].
abstract: After a brief review of the various techniques so far employed in the transurethral manipulation of ureteral calculi, the authors report their experience with the Fogarty catheter. The series includes 24 patients with medium sized or small stones located in the lower third of the ureter; 17 (74%) patients were successfully treated, whereas 7 (26%) had to be operated. The simplicity, rapidity, efficaciousness and innocuity of the aforesaid technique, in opposition to the risks of the other well-known stone-extractors, is emphasized.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D019723:Endoscopes; D004724:Endoscopy; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014514:Ureteral Calculi / Q000628:therapy*; D014546:Urinary Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation
vernacular_title: Uso del catéter de Fogarty en la terapia endoscópica de los cálculos de uréter.