INTRODUCTION We analyze our recent results and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of bilateral single-session ureterorenoscopy (URS) for bilateral ureteral stones. PATIENTS AND METHODS 55 patients underwent URS with pneumatic lithotripsy (PL) for bilateral stones. 61 (55.5%), 28 (25.4%) and 21 (19.1%) stones were located in the lower, middle and upper ureter, respectively. RESULTS Of ...

Bouveret's syndrome is defined as gastric outlet obstruction caused by duodenal impaction of a large gallstone which passes into the duodenal bulb through a cholecystogastric or cholecystoduodenal fistula. Initial attempts at endoscopic retrieval with or without mechanical or extracorporeal lithotripsy should be performed as first-line treatment, though success rates with endoscopic treatment a...

Wael Khoder, Markus Bader, Ronald Sroka, Christian Stief, Raphaela 4 Waidelich 5 6 7 1 Department of Urology, University Hospital Grosshadern, Ludwig-Maximilians 8 University, Munich, Germany 9 10 2 Laser Research Laboratory/ LIFE Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, 11 Germany 12 13 ᴥ Shared first authorship 14 15 16

Multiple techniques exist to remove uroliths from each section of the urinary tract. Minimally invasive methods for removing lower urinary tract stones include voiding urohydropropulsion, retrograde urohydropropulsion followed by dissolution or removal, catheter retrieval, cystoscopic removal, and cystoscopy-assisted laser lithotripsy and surgery. Laparoscopic cystotomy is less invasive than su...

Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) is a standard treatment method used for the treatment of renal calculi and upper ureteral calculi. Acute pancreatitis is a serious condition which develops due to multiple etiologic factors and is characterized by autodigestion of the pancreas. A case of acute pancreatitis which developed following ESWL performed for right renal calculi treatment is ...

Renal and ureteric calculi is an uncommon problem in western hemisphere but Pakistan being in the middle of the stone belt has much higher incidence. Open surgery has produced excellent results but the non-invasive lithotripsy and minimally invasive endoscopic management of urinary tract stones has changed the attitudes towards acceptance of open surgery by patients and the relatives. Extracorp...

In recent years urologists have concentrated on the intense introduction of minimally invasive methods for the treatment of urinary tract diseases with major progress noted in the treatment of urolithiasis. Nowadays extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy (ESWL), percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL), and ureteroscopic lithotripsy (URSL) are widely used in the treatment of urinary tract lithiasis. T...