OBJECTIVE To evaluate the feasibility of access sheath insertion and ureteric stent placement without image guidance in flexible ureteroscopic lithotripsy with holmium:yttrium-aluminium-garnet laser for renal stones. PATIENTS AND METHODS Between March 2014 and October 2015, 80 patients with renal stones treated with flexible ureteroscopic laser lithotripsy were evaluated. Indications for surg...

A 65-year-old man with situs inversus was admitted with jaundice, nausea, and upper abdominal pain. A computed tomography scan confirmed the diagnosis of situs inversus totalis and revealed a large stone in the main bile duct with distal stenosis. The patient and endoscopist were positioned in the usual manner during endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). As a result of the anat...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW Ureteroscopic treatment of urolithiasis has become safer and more effective in the modern era. With a rise in the incidence of bilateral urolithiasis, management dilemma of staged single-side ureteroscopy versus bilateral simultaneous ureteroscopy (BS-URS) is often debatable. This review evaluates the current evidence base for bilateral simultaneous ureteroscopic approach in t...

OBJECTIVE To assess the perioperative and financial outcomes of flexible ureteroscopic lithotripsy with holmium laser for upper tract calculi in 44 patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS Between February 2004 and September 2006, 44 patients treated for upper tract stone with flexible ureteroscopic lithotripsy were evaluated. Renal stones were associated with collecting system obstruction in 15 (34%)...