title: [Flexible nephroscopy for upper urinary tract pathology].
abstract: Flexible nephroscopy was introduced in the Urological Department of Saint John Emergency Clinical Hospital in 2002 and rapidly became a routine procedure. During September 2002-October 2006, flexible nephroscopy was performed in 113 patients for: lithiasis (107 cases), uretero-pelvic junction stenosis (3 cases), caliceal diverticulum (1 case), caliceal urothelial tumors (2 cases). In all cases a 24F flexible nephroscope was used. The energy sources consisted in an electrohydraulic lithotripsy device or Ho:YAG/Nd:YAG lasers. The success rate in patients with lithiasis was 94.4%. Antegrade endopyelotomy was successfully performed in all 3 cases. Evaluation at 6, 12 and 18 months revealed a normal pyelocaliceal system in 2 cases and a significant reduction of hydronephrosis in the third one. In the patient with caliceal diverticulum, evaluation at 6 and 12 months described a large communication with the pyelocaliceal system and no lithiasis recurrence. No recurrences occurred in the patients with conservatively treated caliceal urothelial tumors. Minor complications were encountered in 7% of the cases. Flexible nephroscopy decreases the necessity for multiple access trajects, supracostal access trajects or multiple procedures, thus reducing the morbidity associated with percutaneous interventions.
authors.affiliation: Clinica de Urologie, Spitalul Clinic de Urgenţa Sfântul Ioan, Bucureşti.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Geavlete
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mulţescu
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Georgescu
mesh_terms: D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D004867:Equipment Design; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D053040:Nephrolithiasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014516:Ureteral Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D014517:Ureteral Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D020709:Ureteroscopes; D018666:Ureteroscopy / Q000379:methods