BACKGROUND Urolithiasis is a chronic disease of mankind, which has enormous public health importance and it accounts for a substantial economic burden on our society. Hence, it becomes all the more important to formulate cheaper and easier means for treating this condition. The past few years have seen a number of drugs being introduced and successfully used in the medical expulsion therapy of ...

OBJECTIVE To discuss the current concepts in lower ureteric stone management. MATERIAL AND METHODS Between October 2008 and November 2010, 190 patients of both sexes and of different age groups with lower ureteric stones, underwent in situ extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) (48 cases), ureterorenoscopy (URS) (120 cases) and open stone surgery (OSS) (22 cases). The patients' clinical...

We report a case of a benign fibroepithelial polyp of the lowermost ureter, which prolapsed into the bladder and was associated with a huge, impacted ureteral stone. The polyp was considered to have resulted from chronic irritation of the ureteral mucosa caused by the stone. Review of the literature showed that six out of 74 reported cases had concomitant stones but the polyp was apparently cau...

OBJECTIVE Ureteral stents are widely used in endo-urological procedures. However, ureteral stents can be forgotten and cause serious complications, including fragmentation, migration and urosepsis.There are few reports about forgotten and fragmented ureteral stents with stone formation. We aimed to present this rare case with successful combined endo-urological management.

OBJECTIVE To present a previously unreported long term complication of percutaneous nephrolithotomy for exclusive renal stone. METHODS/RESULTS A 30-years-old woman underwent percutaneous nephrolithotomy for a obstructive pelvic stone, through inferior calix access achieving a stone free status. During the procedure occurred an inadvertent pelvis perforation, but the early evolution was otherw...

BACKGROUND Spontaneous perinephric hematoma (SPH) secondary to a forniceal rupture as the first presenting sign for an obstructive ureteral stone in a patient without history of urolithiasis has not been described previously. CASE PRESENTATION We report a 70-year-old Caucasian male patient who presented to our emergency room with fever, altered mental status, and left flank pain. He had a tem...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the role of ballistic ureteroscopic lithotripsy in children with ureteral stones. MATERIALS AND METHODS Children under 14 years with ureteral stones were treated with ureteroscopy in a 5-year period in our institution. RESULTS Twenty-three procedures were performed in 20 children. Mean surgical time, age and stone size were 31 min. (15 - 120 min.), 11 years. (4-13 year...

PURPOSE To identify risk factors for fever after shockwave lithotripsy (SWL) and suggest guidelines for prophylactic antimicrobial treatment. PATIENTS AND METHODS Between 1985 and 2007, a total of 15,324 SWL procedures were performed in our institution using the Dornier HM3 lithotripter. Because stone analyses were not available in the majority of patients, management of stones larger than 2 ...

PURPOSE Ureteroscopic stone removal is frequently used to remove ureteral stones. Mucosal edema and bleeding are the two most important obstacles to a successful operation. This study analyzed relationships between unenhanced computed tomography (UECT) findings and ureteroscopic findings to determine whether ureteroscopic results could be predicted preoperatively by using UECT imaging. MATERI...