title: The glue-clot technique: a new technique description for small calyceal stone fragments removal.
abstract: During the last 20 years, the technology advancement of small flexible ureterorenoscopes has dramatically changed the management of renal calculi. Retrograde intrarenal surgery (RIRS) has currently a high impact on active stone treatment, and it is increasingly used worldwide. Nevertheless, kidney stone fragmentation and direct removal of fragments require many passages of the ureteroscope, is often time-consuming, and may be very difficult through anatomical and technical factors. We describe a simple, feasible and efficient technique for small stone fragments retrieval, which are often difficult to remove during RIRS.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Tenon University Hospital, Pierre and Marie Curie University, 4, rue de la Chine, 75020, Paris, France.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cloutier
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Cordeiro
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Kamphuis
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Villa
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Letendre
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: de la Rosette
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Traxer
mesh_terms: D000371:Agglutination; D001777:Blood Coagulation; D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D007670:Kidney Calices; D018666:Ureteroscopy