title: Retroperitoneal endoscopic ureterolithotomy: our experience in 12 patients.
abstract: Retroperitoneal endoscopic ureterolithotomy was successful in 9 of 12 patients who had calculi impacted in the upper and mid ureter with gross hydronephrosis and recurrent infection. This procedure was made possible by the technique of balloon retroperitoneoscopy recently described by the author.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Bombay Hospital Institute of Medical Sciences, India.
authors.forename: D D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Gaur
mesh_terms: D002404:Catheterization; D004724:Endoscopy; D006801:Humans; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space; D013525:Surgical Instruments; D014514:Ureteral Calculi / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*