Ureteral Calculi

Recent advances in management of ureteral calculi

The management of patients with urinary tract stone disease has changed dramatically over recent years, with current treatment modalities focused on their minimal invasiveness. In this article we will discuss the recent advances in the field of urolithiasis management, with a focus on medical expulsive therapy, extra-corporeal shockwave lithotripsy and ureteroscopy.

Ureteroscopic pneumatic lithotripsy of impacted ureteral calculi.

INTRODUCTION This work evaluates the results of ureteroscopic treatment of impacted ureteral stones with a pneumatic lithotripter. MATERIALS AND METHODS From March 1997 to May 2002, 42 patients with impacted ureteral stones were treated by retrograde ureteroscopic pneumatic lithotripsy. Twenty-eight patients were female and 14 were male. The stone size ranged from 5 to 20 mm. The ureteral sit...

Blind-ending ureteral duplication with calculi.

Blind-ending ureteral duplication is a rare congenital anomaly of the urinary system, with only a few cases reported in the literature.1 The anomaly is diagnosed three times more frequently in women than in men, and twice as often on the right side. It has also been reported in twins and sisters.2 The majority of cases are diagnosed in the third or fourth decade of life. Many of these blind seg...

Guideline for the Management of Ureteral Calculi

Electrohydraulic lithotripsy of upper ureteral calculi with semirigid ureteroscope.

Forty-three patients with single ureteral calculi located above the pelvic brim were treated by electrohydraulic lithotripsy (EHL) using a semirigid mini-ureteroscope. Of the 43 calculi, 36 (84%) were fragmented in one procedure. Six calculi (14%) were pushed back to the renal pelvis and treated successfully by complementary extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy (SWL). The total success rate of ...