Abstract Background Identifying the precise location of lower ureter is crucial in not only ureteral surgeries but also other that may cause injury. Although a variety approaches have been applied to detect ureter, majority them had an association with several complications or be difficult perform perfectly time-consuming. Case presentation Seven patients distal ureteric stones size ranged from...

A 36-year old man presents to the emergency room five days after undergoing extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) for a symptomatic 11mm left renal pelvis stone. The patient has persistent symptoms of severe left flank pain at presentation. Plain abdominal radiography is obtained and shows a steinstrasse pattern of urolithiasis. In the 1980s, the German developers of ESWL observed that s...

OBJECTIVE To study the natural history of stone passage in children with ureterolithiasis and to define factors predictive of spontaneous passage. PATIENTS AND METHODS In all, 72 children with ureteric stones were evaluated; patients with ureteric calculi of >10 mm were excluded, as were those with absolute indications for surgical stone removal. Stone size, location, side, presence of hydron...

To cite: Prakash J, Swami V, Singh BP, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/ bcr-2013-200713 DESCRIPTION A 35-year-old man with no significant medical history presented with an 8-month history of dull pain in his right-lower abdomen. There was no relevant family history. Intravenous urography (IVU) was performed in a peripheral hospital (figure 1A–C)...

PURPOSE To determine the efficiency of slow delivery rate of shockwaves (SW) on stone fragmentation and treatment outcomes in patients with renal and ureteral calculi. PATIENTS AND METHOD Using the Siemens Lithostar Multiline, we treated 843 patients (229 renal and 614 ureteral stones) at a fast delivery rate (120 SW/min, between October 2003 and August 2006), 448 patients (139 renal and 309 ...

Cohen's technique is the standard treatment of vesicoureteral reflux in children. Its disadvantage is still the classic difficulty in subsequent retrograde ureteral access, requiring the use of percutaneous techniques in the treatment of kidney stones. We describe a novel surgical technique for retrograde catheterization of an adult ureter by a flexible ureterorenoscope, thereby facilitating th...

PURPOSE To evaluate the clinical efficacy of flexible ureteroscope (F-URS) combined with holmium laser lithotripter in treating renal calculi in horseshoe kidney. MATERIALS AND METHODS From November 2010 to December 2013, the medical history and charts of sixteen patients (mean age 42.9 ± 11.6 years, range 26-66 years), including 13 males and 3 females were analyzed retrospectively. Mean ston...