title: Accessing the difficult ureter and the importance of ureteroscope miniaturization: history is repeating itself.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA. Electronic address: scotthubosky@comcast.net.
authors.forename: Scott G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Hubosky
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA.
authors.forename: Kelly A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Healy
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Lenox Hill Medical Center, New York, NY.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grasso
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA.
authors.forename: Demetrius H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Bagley
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D008904:Miniaturization; D014513:Ureter / Q000473:pathology; D020709:Ureteroscopes / Q000266:history; D018666:Ureteroscopy / Q000379:methods