Hugh Hampton Young described endoscopic inspection of the ureter with a cystoscope
through a ureterostomy as early as 1912 [1]. The modern era of ureteroscopy, however, in …

A retrospective analysis of 156 rigid ureteroscopic stone procedures in 145 patients
revealed successful manipulation in 90%. The stone-free rate after adjunctive procedures …

Background and Purpose: Ureteroscopy is nowadays one of the techniques most widely
used for upper urinary-tract pathology. Our goal is to describe its complications in a large …

OBJECTIVES: To analyze the long-term incidence of ureteral stricture formation in a series
of patients in whom a new-generation ureteral access sheath was used. A new generation of …

To date 2 approaches have been developed for performing endopyelotomy, that is the
antegrade and retrograde approaches. Experience with antegrade transnephrostomy …

Endoureterotomy and endopyelotomy usually involve an endoscopic antegrade approach.
In an effort to simplify this technique, we designed an 8-mm balloon catheter with a 100-μm …

OBJECTIVE: To review the incidence, risk factors, and treatment options of intraoperative
and postoperative complications of stone basketing in urology with emphasis on certain …

Retrograde exploration of the ureter and kidneys is currently a widely used and well-
established procedure to deal with problems of a diagnostic and therapeutic nature with …

Abstract From May 1992 to October 1993, 150 ureteral stones, impervious to piezoelectric
extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) with ultrasound localization (EDAP LT. 01) …

Other studies have evaluated the outcome of previously un-treated symptomatic patients
who had positive urinary cytology findings in the absence of visible disease during the …