Evidence-based instrumentation for flexible ureteroscopy: a review.
Instrumentation is the key to success in endourology. Indeed, endourology could be redefined as "enginurology," as the marriage between engineering and urology, and developing instrumentation to improve patient outcomes is the key facilitator in the advancement of minimally-invasive techniques. This review article will identify the evidence base that supports our current recommendations for equipment used during ureteroscopy.
Holden
Timothy
T
Department of Urologic Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA.
Pedro
Renato N
RN
Hendlin
Kari
K
Durfee
William
W
Monga
Manoj
M
D002404:Catheterization; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D018583:Pliability; D020709:Ureteroscopes; D018666:Ureteroscopy; D014545:Urinary Calculi / Q000628:therapy