title: [Emergency treatment of calculi of the lower ureter].
abstract: Two-hundred patients were hospitalized as an emergency for lower ureteral calculi. Eighty-two of these patients has a less than 6 mm wide calculus which was evacuated by medical treatment; 5 had stagnant infected urine which was drained by endoprosthesis; 113 had an obstructive calculus which resisted medical treatment and was treated by ureteroscopy: the stone could be removed by means of a basket catheter in 58 cases, but this method failed in the other cases and the calculus has to be broken by laser. There were 6 failures due to the nature of the stone (monohydrated oxalate) in 3 cases and to technical laser problems in 3 cases. The success rate of ureteroscopy (basket catheter or laser) was 95 percent in patients whose pain had persisted under medical treatment.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Urologie, Hôpital de Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Benoît
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bensadoun
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bennani
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Blanchet
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Moukarzel
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jardin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004630:Emergencies; D016145:Endoscopy, Digestive System / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008096:Lithotripsy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014514:Ureteral Calculi / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
vernacular_title: Traitement en urgence des calculs du bas uretère.