The incidence and prevalence of kidney stones have increased over the past four decades.
However, the diagnosis of 'kidney stone'can range from an incidental asymptomatic finding …

Purpose To compare the operating modes of the Holmium: YAG laser and Thulium fiber
laser. Additionally, currently available literature on Thulium fiber laser lithotripsy is reviewed …

Purpose: The primary rationale for antimicrobial prophylaxis (AP) is to decrease the
incidence of surgical site infection (SSI) and other preventable periprocedural infections …

Background The benefits of removing small (≤ 6 mm), asymptomatic kidney stones
endoscopically is unknown. Current guidelines leave such decisions to the urologist and the …

The flashlamp-pumped, solid-state holmium: yttrium–aluminium–garnet (YAG) laser has
been the laser of choice for use in ureteroscopic lithotripsy for the past 20 years. However …

Abstract Purpose of Review To present the latest evidence related to the predictors of
urinary tract infections (UTIs) and urosepsis after ureteroscopy (URS) for stone disease …

Urolithiasis is a clinical condition showing increasing trends, especially among European
and other developed countries. The European Association of Urology (EAU), in close …

Four national and international guidelines were included in this review, including those of
the EAU (European Association of Urology), the AUA (American Urological Association)/ES …

Context Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (SWL) and ureteroscopy (URS), with or
without intracorporeal lithotripsy, are the most common treatments for upper ureteric stones …

During the last decades, the surgical management of kidney stones benefited of many
technological advances and one of them is the development of flexible ureteroscopy (fURS) …