title: [Laparoscopic ureterolithotomy for ureteral calculi: three case reports].
abstract: With the development of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL), improved endourologic instrumentation, and medical dissolution therapy, the need for open ureterolithotomy has become less common. Open operation is occasionally necessary when less invasive techniques fail. As in many of the surgical specialties, laparoscopy has become more common in urologic surgery. We recently experienced three cases of ureteral stones, which were treated by laparoscopic ureterolithotomy. The stones were all large and impacted stones. The patients were a 73-year-old man and two 34-year-old men. All procedures were performed by a retroperitoneal approach. We used Roticulator endo mini-shears resourcefully, when we incised the ureteral wall. After surgery, all three patients were stone-free, and hydronephrosis was improved.
authors.affiliation: The Department of Urology, The University of Tokushima Graduate School Institute of Health Bioscience.
authors.forename: Ryuichi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Taue
authors.forename: Hirofumi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Izaki
authors.forename: Tomoya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fukawa
authors.forename: Takahiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Koizumi
authors.forename: Ryoichi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nakanishi
authors.forename: Kunihisa
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: Yasuyo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Hiroyoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakatsuji
authors.forename: Tomoteru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kishimoto
authors.forename: Natsuo
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Oka
authors.forename: Tomoharu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fukumori
authors.forename: Masayuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Hiro-omi
authors.initials: HO
authors.lastname: Kanayama
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male; D014513:Ureter; D014514:Ureteral Calculi / Q000601:surgery*