title: Comparison of New Single-Use Digital Flexible Ureteroscope Versus Nondisposable Fiber Optic and Digital Ureteroscope in a Cadaveric Model.
abstract: To evaluate LithoVue, the new single-use digital flexible ureteroscope, in a human cadaveric model and compare it with a nondisposable fiber optic and digital flexible ureteroscopes.
  
  
  
  LithoVue, a conventional fiber optic, and digital flexible ureteroscopes were each tested in four renal units of recently deceased female cadavers by three surgeons. The following parameters were analyzed: accessibility to the kidney and navigation of the entire collecting system with and without ureteral access sheath (UAS), lower pole access measuring the deflection of the ureteroscope with the working channel empty, and with inside two different baskets and laser fibers. A subjective evaluation of maneuverability and visibility was assessed by each surgeon at the end of every procedure.
  
  
  
  Kidney access into the Renal unit 1 was not possible without UAS for all ureteroscopes because of noncompliant ureter at the level of sacroiliac joint. The reusable digital ureteroscope was unable to reach one calix of the lower pole and one calix of the upper pole (Renal units 2 and 3) without UAS placement. Lower pole access with baskets and laser fibers was possible for each ureteroscope after UAS placement. No statistically significant differences were detected in angle deflection between ureteroscopes. The digital ureteroscope was preferred for visibility in all procedures: LithoVue for maneuverability in six procedures, fiber optic in five procedures, and the digital ureteroscope in one procedure.
  
  
  
  LithoVue seems to be comparable with conventional ureteroscopes in terms of visibility and manipulation into the collecting system in fresh human cadavers. Further studies in humans are needed to determine the clinical value of this new instrument.
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Urology, Ville Turro Division, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute , Milan, Italy .|2 Department of Urology, Tenon Hospital , Paris, France .
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Proietti
authors.affiliation: 2 Department of Urology, Tenon Hospital , Paris, France .
authors.forename: Laurian
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dragos
authors.affiliation: 3 Department of Surgery/Urology, Denver Health , Denver, Colorado.
authors.forename: Wilson
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Molina
authors.affiliation: 2 Department of Urology, Tenon Hospital , Paris, France .
authors.forename: Steeve
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Doizi
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Urology, Ville Turro Division, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute , Milan, Italy .
authors.forename: Guido
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Giusti
authors.affiliation: 2 Department of Urology, Tenon Hospital , Paris, France .
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Traxer
mesh_terms: D002102:Cadaver; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology; D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007670:Kidney Calices / Q000473:pathology*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012446:Sacroiliac Joint; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D020709:Ureteroscopes; D018666:Ureteroscopy / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods