title: [Flexible ureterorenoscopy: a method for minimally invasive diagnosis and therapy in the upper urinary tract].
abstract: Retrograde intrarenal surgery (RIRS) utilizing flexible, actively deflectable instruments has become a valuable asset in the diagnosis of upper urinary tract pathology and treatment of stone disease. Flexible endoscopic surgery of the proximal ureter and in the intrarenal collecting system constitutes the natural extension of rigid instrumentation in the upper urinary tract. At the UCLA Stone Center, retrograde ureteral and intrarenal surgery has become an integral part of our diagnostic and therapeutic armamentarium. This is documented by over 500 treatments and diagnostic procedures performed in the upper urinary tract during the past 5 years.
authors.affiliation: UCLA School of Medicine, USA.
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Fuchs
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D019723:Endoscopes; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D011292:Premedication; D014514:Ureteral Calculi / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D014517:Ureteral Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D014567:Urography
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents
vernacular_title: Flexible Ureterorenoskopie: eine Methode zur minimal invasiven Diagnostik und Therapie im oberen Harntrakt.