title: Baskets in the kidney: an old problem in a new situation.
abstract: A potential complication of using a zero-tip basket to remove stones from a lower-lower pole calix of the kidney is impaction in this position. We report an endourologic technique involving a hydrogel-coated ureteral dilator to facilitate closure of the wires and removal of the basket following lithotripsy to fragment the stone.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Guy's Hospital, London, England. richard.hindley@virgin.net
authors.forename: Darrell
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Allen
authors.forename: Richard G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Hindley
authors.forename: Jonathan M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Glass
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020136:Hydrogel, Polyethylene Glycol Dimethacrylate; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000628:therapy*; D008096:Lithotripsy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D020709:Ureteroscopes; D018666:Ureteroscopy / Q000009:adverse effects*
chemical_list: D020136:Hydrogel, Polyethylene Glycol Dimethacrylate