title: [Treatment of precalyceal stones of Cacchi-Ricci disease by flexible ureterorenoscopy and Holmium-YAG laser].
abstract: Flexible ureterorenoscopy combined with Holmium-YAG laser is an effective and reliable technique for the management of renal stones. Cacchi-Ricci disease is a frequent urological malformation characterized by precalyceal stone formation, for which no preventive treatment is available at the present time. Some complicated forms are difficult to manage because of the technical impossibility of treating these precalyceal stones. The objective of this article is to describe a technique allowing management of these precalyceal stones by flexible ureterorenoscopy combined with Holmium-YAG laser.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Urologie et de Transplantation rénale, Hôpital Salvator Marseille, France. xavier.breton@mail.ap-hm.fr
authors.forename: Xavier
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Breton
authors.forename: Abdelkader
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saidi
authors.forename: Véronique
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Delaporte
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Coulange
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lechevallier
mesh_terms: D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D007670:Kidney Calices; D053685:Laser Therapy; D018666:Ureteroscopy / Q000379:methods*