title: Three techniques for simpler, safer, and cost-effective rigid ureteroscopy.
abstract: Postureteroscopy colic, accumulation of irrigant fluid in the bladder, and advancement of the ureteroscope through narrow ureters are some of the problems commonly encountered during ureteroscopy. Three methods to overcome these problems and to make ureteroscopy technically easy, safe and cost-effective are described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Memon
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Ather
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Sulaiman
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D004867:Equipment Design; D004869:Equipment Safety; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010154:Pakistan; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014515:Ureteral Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D020709:Ureteroscopes; D018666:Ureteroscopy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000191:economics* / Q000379:methods*