Laparoscopic management of caliceal diverticulum: our experience, literature review, and pooling analysis.

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the effect of metabolic syndrome (MS) and its components on the outcomes of transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP). PATIENTS AND METHODS:Fifty patients with MS and 50 without MS were enrolled for the study. Patients without MS were assigned to Group 1 and patients with MS were in Group 2...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Sener NC,Zengin K,Ozturk U,Bas O,Ercil H,Ekici M,Evliyaoglu Y,Imamoglu MA

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:The treatment of bilateral urinary calculus disease is often staged, irrespective of the modality of the treatment. Bilateral simultaneous percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) is still considered by many to be adventurous and risky. We carried out this prospective study of bilateral PCNL under a s...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Maheshwari PN,Andankar M,Hegde S,Bansal M

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The da Vinci surgical platform is becoming increasingly available and utilized. Due to the lack of haptic feedback, visual cues are necessary to estimate grip forces and tissue tensions during surgery. We directly measured the grip forces of robotic EndoWrist instruments using the three available da Vinci ...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Mucksavage P,Kerbl DC,Pick DL,Lee JY,McDougall EM,Louie MK

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because it is still a puzzling debate whether ligation of a unilateral varicose spermatic vein is worth performing by laparoscopy, even with the two-port technique, we conducted a study in which 280 patients with palpable left varicoceles were treated with spermatic vein ligation either by open surgery (120 patients) ...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Mandressi A,Buizza C,Antonelli D,Chisena S

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:A major problem diagnosing bladder cancer using conventional white-light cystoscopy is that flat and tiny papillary neoplasms can be overlooked. Fluorescence cystoscopy is based on the detection of protoporphyrin IX (PpIX)-induced fluorescence in urothelial neoplasms through the topical administr...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Jeon SS,Kang I,Hong JH,Choi HY,Chai SE

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Routine imaging following ureteroscopy for treatment of renal/ureteral calculi continues to be a topic of debate. However, with the increasing focus on healthcare costs and quality, judicious use of diagnostic imaging to optimize outcomes while minimizing resource utilization is a priority. We so...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Omar M,Chaparala H,Monga M,Sivalingam S

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracorporal shockwave lithotripsy of lower caliceal stones is often unrewarding because of the difficulty of passing stone fragments. We report our results in SWL of lower pole stones in 219 patients and compare them with the results of SWL of middle (82 patients) and upper pole (85 patients) stones. The stone-free ...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Ilker Y,Tarcan T,Akdas A

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:It is known that extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (SWL) may be improved by increasing cavitation using tandem shock waves. However, fluid is needed for the cavitation to work. The purpose of this research was to evaluate the importance of a fluid-filled expansion chamber in enhancing stone f...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Fernández F,Fernández G,Loske AM

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The indications, instrumentation, surgical technique, and complications of laparoendoscopic single-site radical nephrectomy (LESS-RN) are being described in detail in an attempt to familiarize urologists with this novel laparoscopic technique. Our initial experience of 30 consecutive cases of LESS-RN is reported. The ...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Stolzenburg JU,Do M,Haefner T,Dietel A,Kallidonis P,Kyriazis I,Beatty J,Liatsikos EN

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Pretreating the kidney with 100 low energy SWs with a time pause before delivering a clinical dose of SWs (Dornier HM-3, 2000 SWs, 24 kV, 120 SWs/min) has been shown to significantly reduce the size of the hemorrhagic lesion produced in that treated kidney, compared to a protocol without pretreatment. It has be...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Connors BA,Gardner A,Liu Z,Lingeman JE,Williams JC Jr

更新日期：2021-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:During laparoscopic surgery, scissors are used to cut a variety of tissue, including fibrotic or calcified tissue, sutures, and occasionally tissue containing staples. Disposable scissors may become dull and ineffective. The purpose of this study is to compare the durability and ergonomics of thr...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Harper JD,Figueroa H,Ebrahimi K,Baldwin DD

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To present the experience of pediatric percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) of our center. MATERIALS AND METHODS:This study was conducted from 1995 to 2015, on patients <15 years of age having renal and upper ureteral stones who underwent PCNL. Stones were classified as per Guy's stone score (GSS). Standard b...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Yadav SS,Aggarwal SP,Mathur R,Sharma KK,Yadav RG,Tomar V,Teli RD,Jain D

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the physical properties of urethral catheters that are predictive of ease of placement and risk of urethral trauma: Stiffness, buckling, and friction forces. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Eleven Bard Lubri-Sil and 10 Kendall Dover 16F Foley catheters were tested using a linear motion stage driven by a step...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Hendlin K,Meyers J,Monga M

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Development of flexible renoureteroscopy had a significant impact on the diagnosis and management of upper urinary tract pathology. The aim of our study was to compare the performances of a fiberoptic flexible ureteroscope (FFU) with those of a digital flexible ureteroscope (DFU). MATERIAL AND M...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Multescu R,Geavlete B,Georgescu D,Geavlete P

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Comprehensive metabolic evaluation has become an important aspect of the management of recurrent nephrolithiasis, yet the role of stone analysis is often neglected or perhaps underestimated. The purpose of this study was to determine the role of stone analysis in medical decision making in patien...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Kourambas J,Aslan P,Teh CL,Mathias BJ,Preminger GM

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Whereas ureteroscopic lithotripsy is more efficacious than SWL in treating lower-ureteral stones, the same has not been universally said of its ability to treat proximal ureteral stones. Because failed proximal lithotripsy is often attributable to the complications associated with stone migration...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Maislos SD,Volpe M,Albert PS,Raboy A

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abstract Laparoscopic retroperitoneal lymph node dissection (RPLND) has been shown to be safe and effective in appropriately selected pediatric and adolescent patients with paratesticular rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) and testicular germ-cell tumors (T-GCT). While the use of robot-assisted laparoscopy has expanded rapidly ...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Cost NG,DaJusta DG,Granberg CF,Cooksey RM,Laborde CE,Wickiser JE,Gargollo PC

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In current clinical practice, lidocaine gel is widely used as a local anesthetic lubricant before various forms of transurethral instrumentation. Over the past few years, the value of local anesthesia during urethral catheterization and flexible or rigid cystoscopy has been questioned. Strong data are lacking, and the...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Tzortzis V,Gravas S,Melekos MM,de la Rosette JJ

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate perioperative morbidity and mortality rate, a 3-year recurrence-free survival, and cancer-specific mortality rate in patients older than 80 years undergoing robot-assisted radical cystectomy (RARC). MATERIALS AND METHODS:We retrospectively collected data of 155 consecutive patients who received R...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： De Groote R,Gandaglia G,Geurts N,Goossens M,Pauwels E,D'Hondt F,Gratzke C,Fossati N,De Naeyer G,Schatteman P,Carpentier P,Novara G,Mottrie A

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surgical removal with radical prostatectomy has been a cornerstone for the treatment of prostate cancer and is associated with level 1 evidence for survival advantage compared with watchful waiting. Since the first structured robotic program was launched in 2000, robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) has had a r...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Kural AR,Obek C,Doganca T

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the efficacy, safety, and morbidity of tubeless percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) and compare it with standard PCNL. PATIENTS AND METHODS:A total of 135 patients (140 renal units) undergoing tubeless PCNL (group 1) from June 2000 to September 2007 were compared with a similar group of 185 (194 rena...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Gupta NP,Mishra S,Suryawanshi M,Seth A,Kumar R

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The da Vinci Surgical Robotic System has recently been added to the armamentarium of minimally invasive surgeon and has been shown to be useful to urologists in performing complex operations. We report the first case of detrusor myotomy performed using the da Vinci, describe the novel technique, and review the indicat...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Mammen T,Balaji KC

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Safe insertion of the first port during laparoscopic surgery has always been problematic, from the early use of the Veress needle to the open Hasson technique. We describe a novel, safe, and well-illuminated technique of port entry using the Killian nasal speculum. This technique has been used successfully in t...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Adshead J,Hanbury DH,Boustead GB,McNicholas TA,Boomers O,Ballaro A

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The preliminary experience with 64 patients who have undergone HoLEP combined with intravesical morcellation is presented. The mean preoperative prostate volume was 75.3 cc. The mean laser time was 46.9 minutes and the morcellator time a further 10.5 minutes. A mean total of 35.5 g of tissue was obtained, and 93% of t...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Gilling PJ,Kennett K,Das AK,Thompson D,Fraundorfer MR

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the current indications for ureteroscopy (URS) treatment, outcome in terms of stone-free rate, and intra- and postoperative complications using the modified Clavien grading system. PATIENTS AND METHODS:The Clinical Research Office of the Endourological Society collected prospective data as part of th...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： de la Rosette J,Denstedt J,Geavlete P,Keeley F,Matsuda T,Pearle M,Preminger G,Traxer O,CROES URS Study Group.

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) is considered the standard procedure for the removal of large renal calculi. The development of the "minimally invasive PCNL" (mini-PCNL) has reduced the complications of the surgery; it also appears to be associated with less morbidity than the conventional PC...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Hamamoto S,Yasui T,Okada A,Taguchi K,Kawai N,Ando R,Mizuno K,Kubota Y,Kamiya H,Tozawa K,Kohri K

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：: Objectives: To assess the effect of irrigation settings and the size of ureteral access sheath (UAS) on the maximal intra-pelvic pressure (IPPmax) during ureteroscopy (URS) in pigs. Materials and Methods: In supine position, th...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Noureldin YA,Kallidonis P,Ntasiotis P,Adamou C,Zazas E,Liatsikos EN

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Laparoscopic adrenalectomy remains a controversial procedure for large tumors. We examined the outcome and complications of laparoscopic adrenalectomy for such lesions. PATIENTS AND METHODS:A total of 178 patients underwent laparoscopic adrenalectomy, of whom 29 patients had large (>or =5 cm) tu...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Tsuru N,Suzuki K,Ushiyama T,Ozono S

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Urinary-tract fistulas present unique clinical challenges that often necessitate open surgical excision with interposition of healthy tissue. Advances in retrograde instrumentation have enabled endourologists to employ more minimally invasive approaches to urologic disease, including fistulas. We...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Sharma SK,Perry KT,Turk TM

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Partial nephrectomy (PN) is a technically challenging procedure, making selection of appropriate patients paramount to a successful operation. To identify patients at increased risk of an adverse outcome after PN, there are a number of scoring systems available. The nephrometry score was initially described in a serie...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Sea JC,Bahler CD,Mendonsa E,Lucas SM,Sundaram CP

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00