Ureteral access for upper urinary tract disease: the access sheath.
Ureteral access with the flexible ureteroscope remains a challenge for the urologist. The routine use of a newly developed, site-specific ureteral access sheath facilitates entry into the ureter for fragmentation and basket extraction of ureteral and renal calculi. The step-by-step technique of ureteral access with the Access Sheath is described.
Monga
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Department of Urology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, USA.
Bhayani
S
S
Landman
J
J
Conradie
M
M
Sundaram
C P
CP
Clayman
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RV
D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D018583:Pliability; D014513:Ureter / Q000601:surgery*; D020709:Ureteroscopes; D018666:Ureteroscopy / Q000379:methods*; D014570:Urologic Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D014572:Urology / Q000295:instrumentation