Ureteroscopic lithoclast lithotripsy: a cost-effective option.

abstract：PURPOSE:Recently, laparoscopic nephropexy has been performed using a transperitoneal approach. We evaluated the efficacy of a retroperitoneoscopic technique for symptomatic nephroptosis. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Three men and two women with right nephroptosis underwent retroperitoneal laparoscopic nephropexy. Their sympto...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Ichikawa T,Yamada D,Takao A,Saegusa M,Aramaki K,Kumon H

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the feasibility and safety of two concomitant robot-assisted procedures in the same patient in one anesthesia setting. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Data were reviewed for 15 patients for whom two concomitant robot-assisted surgeries at our center were planned. Preoperative details, port position, intraoper...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Nayyar R,Gupta NP,Hemal AK,Kumar R

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Recent evidence would suggest a low rate of metabolic assessment in stone formers, even in those deemed as high risk. We wished to assess the attitudes and practice patterns of metabolic work up in North American members of the Endourological Society as part of the management of stone-forming patients. ME...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： McGuire BB,Matulewicz RS,Zuccarino-Crowe R,Nadler RB,Perry KT

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：: Aim: We sought to compare the outcomes of patients who underwent an open vs robotic ureteroneocystostomy for ureteral obstruction. Methods: Retrospective review was performed on adult patients who underwent primary ureteroneocy...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Skupin PA,Stoffel JT,Malaeb BS,Barboglio-Romo P,Ambani SN

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Secondary vesicoureteral reflux (SVUR) after renal transplantation may cause recurrent urinary-tract infections (UTI) and loss of renal function. There are only a few reports on the endoscopic treatment of SVUR by transurethral injection therapy. This is the first report of transurethral injectio...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Seifert HH,Mazzola B,Ruszat R,Muller A,Steiger J,Bachmann A,Sulser T

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To present our initial experience with single-port laparoscopic urologic surgery via the retroperitoneal approach using the Alexis wound retractor with flexible laparoscopic instrumentation. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Since December 2008, 14 patients have undergone single-port laparoscopic surgery for various urolog...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Ryu DS,Park WJ,Oh TH

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the supracostal approach is thought to increase the difficulties and patient morbidity of PCNL, it facilitates the management of certain urinary infirmities, such as UPJ obstruction, staghorn stone, upper pole stone, proximal ureteral abnormalities, impacted UPJ stone and upper calix diverticulum. Hereby the ...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Pedro RN,Netto NR

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Partial or complete obstruction of the urinary tract is a common and challenging urological condition that may occur in patients of any age. Serum creatinine is the most commonly used method to evaluate global renal function, although it has low sensitivity for early changes in the glomerular filtration ra...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Olvera-Posada D,Dayarathna T,Dion M,Alenezi H,Sener A,Denstedt JD,Pautler SE,Razvi H

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Since the holmium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet (Ho:YAG) laser is the flexible lithotrite of choice for ureteral stones, its application to ureteral strictures associated with ureteral calculi is convenient. The results of Ho:YAG laser endoureterotomy in this specific setting have not been defined. We report our expe...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Gdor Y,Gabr AH,Faerber GJ,Roberts WW,Wolf JS Jr

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：: Purpose: Several case series have demonstrated the safety and feasibility of outpatient robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) in well-selected patients; however, the patient perspective of this practice has not been well explored. In this study, we explored patients'...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Dobbs RW,Nguyen TT,Shahait M,Lee DJ,Kim JL,El-Fahmawi A,Lee DI

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Clinical Research Office of the Endourological Society (CROES) conducts large-scale, international, multicenter clinical trials in the field of endourology. One of the major challenges that these trials pose is to ensure that data collected remotely and online within a very short time frame are valid and reliable....

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Preminger GM,Alken P,Habuchi T,Wijkstra H,Skolarikos A,Yin CJ

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Laparoscopic pyeloplasty (LP) for the repair of ureteropelvic junction (UPJ) obstruction provides results similar to those of open pyeloplasty with less morbidity, but its use has been limited, as it requires advanced laparoscopic skills. Robotic computer-assisted pyeloplasty (RAP) has the potent...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Weise ES,Winfield HN

更新日期：2006-10-01 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：:A new tip design of a 3.3F electrohydraulic probe for endoureteral lithotripsy was evaluated in comparison to a regular probe. The peak pressure, as well as the slope of the shock front, depend solely on the voltage. Increasing the capacity leads merely to broader pulses. A laser-like short high-pressure pulse has a g...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Vorreuther R

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the suitability of a bioabsorbable stent as a partial internal catheter after percutaneous endopyelotomy in ureteropelvic junction (UPJ) obstruction therapy. PATIENT AND METHODS:The material for the helical spiral stents was a copolymer of polylactide and glycolide (PLGA; L:G ratio 80/20). The self...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Talja M,Multanen M,Välimaa T,Törmälä P

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Caliceal diverticulum management has been performed using various modalities, including ureteroscopy, percutaneous treatment, and laparoscopy. We present our experience with laparoscopic management of caliceal diverticulum in two patients with large caliceal diverticulum and a history of failed open surgery because of...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Basiri A,Radfar MH,Lashay A

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The appropriate position of the hand-access device and trocars for hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery depends on several factors, including the surgeon's preference, physical stature, and handedness; the patient's anatomy; and the type of procedure being performed. This article reviews the options, including measures ...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Lopez-Pujals A,Leveillee RJ

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：: Introduction and Objectives: After transurethral prostatectomy, erectile dysfunction and ejaculatory dysfunction are significant concerns for patients. We compared ejaculatory hood-sparing technique in patients who underwent photoselective vaporization of the prostate usin...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Kini M,Te AE,Kashanian JA,Kaplan S,Chughtai B

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVE:Despite guidelines, routine 24-hour urine testing is completed in <10% of high-risk, recurrent stone formers. Using surrogates for metabolic testing, such as key patient characteristics, could obviate the cost and burden of this test while providing information needed for proper stone prevent...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Otto BJ,Bozorgmehri S,Kuo J,Canales M,Bird VG,Canales B

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Pretreating a pig kidney with 500 low-energy shock waves (SWs) before delivering a clinical dose of SWs (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 with a protocol without pretreatment. However, since the time...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Connors BA,Evan AP,Handa RK,Blomgren PM,Johnson CD,Liu Z,Lingeman JE

更新日期：2016-09-01 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：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Several kinds of flexible ureteroscopes are in use for the removal of kidney stones. This study evaluated and compared the characteristics of four new-generation flexible ureteroscopes. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The flexible ureteroscopes studied were: the ACMI Dur-8 Elite, the Storz Flex-X2 the Oly...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Paffen ML,Keizer JG,de Winter GV,Arends AJ,Hendrikx AJ

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the extent to which radiologists and urologists can predict histology using multiphasic CT imaging. METHODS:Patients with a preoperative multiphasic CT undergoing surgery for a renal mass were identified between 2003 and 2013. Tumors >10 cm, locally advanced or metastatic disease, and patients man...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Monn MF,Gellhaus PT,Patel AA,Masterson TA,Tann M,Boris RS

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urinary incontinence may be the result of various forms of detrusor overactivity. Several surgical therapies have been devised, but with the exception of procedures to relieve urethral obstruction, none abolishes the overactivity or restores normal micturition. In general, ablative neurosurgery is considered only in p...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Blaivas JG,Heritz DM

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：: Introduction: This exploratory retrospective analysis examined any potential prognostic role of preoperative neutrophil lymphocyte ratio (NLR) for progression-free survival (PFS) and time to endoscopically verified upper tract or bladder recurrence-free survival (RFS) in u...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Antonucci M,Defidio L,De Dominicis M,Russo N,Nacchia A,Lombardo R,Patel A

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We analyzed the results of patients who underwent percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) for management of kidney stone disease under combined spinal-epidural anesthesia and compared surgical parameters and outcomes with a matched control group who underwent PCNL under general anesthesia. PATIENTS AND METHODS:A t...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Kuzgunbay B,Turunc T,Akin S,Ergenoglu P,Aribogan A,Ozkardes H

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate a modified laparoscopic retroperitoneal lymph node dissection technique using an extraperitoneal approach and to evaluate its feasibility. PATIENTS AND METHODS:A group of consecutive patients from a single institution underwent extraperitoneal laparoscopic retroperitoneal lymph node dissection (...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Qin C,Shao P,Meng X,Li P,Cao Q,Lv Q,Li J,Ju X,Wang M,Zhang Z,Gu M,Zhang W,Yin C

更新日期：2012-09-01 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：:Direct extraperitoneal surgery has become the preferred approach to laparoscopic nephrectomy since the introduction of the balloon dilation method. The lateral decubitus position provides good exposure, but the prone position is used at some centers to gain better exposure with the aid of gravity. The open conversion ...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Gaur DD

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Expert-reported outcomes and complications may not reflect the standardized coding that can be provided by independent, third-party evaluations. The goal of this article is to compare expert-reported complications with standardized coding by the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP). The pr...

journal_title：Journal of endourology

authors： Knight BA,Potretzke AM,Larson JA,Bhayani SB

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00