A 50-year-old male presented with fever and anorexia of 2 days’ duration and a 3-week history of abdominal fullness. Two years earlier, he had left-sided acute pyelonephritis, incomplete duplicated ureters and a ureteral stone. The stone was removed. He also had hypertension, gout, and chronic renal failure with a serum creatinine 3.1mg/dl. Examination of the abdomen revealed a palpable mass wi...

INTRODUCTION We hypothesized that modified totally tubeless percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PNL) without indwelling ureteral stent would minimize postoperative discomfort without complications. AIM To evaluate the safety, efficacy, and morbidity of standard, tubeless, and modified totally tubeless PNL as well as the usefulness of modified totally tubeless PNL. MATERIAL AND METHODS From Novemb...

PURPOSE We assessed the near term comfort of newly designed ureteral study stents or marketed control stents, including Polaris and Percuflex stents. Study stents had distal 6Fr pigtail ends with 3Fr or less loops. Decreased material in situ was hypothesized to enhance comfort. Usefulness of the patient self-administered Ureteral Stent Symptoms Questionnaire (Stone Management Unit, Southmead Ho...

Background: Ureteral strictures are a recurrent chronic condition that leads to severe side effects and poor quality of life. Management of ureteral stricture is a great challenge for urologists and no specific guidelines exist. Retrograde Allium® ureteral stent (AUS) is a newly developed ureteral stent to treat either bulbar urethral or ureteral stenosis. Case Presentation: We describe a case ...

INTRODUCTION Urolithiasis is a common medical condition that accounts for a large number of emergency department (ED) visits each year and contributes significantly to annual healthcare costs. Urinalysis is an important screening test for patients presenting with symptoms suspicious for urolithiasis. At present there is a paucity of medical literature examining the characteristics of ureteral s...

OBJECTIVE We evaluated the effect of terazosin in the improvement of lower urinary tract symptoms and flank pain in patients with internal ureteral stents. METHODS In this double-blind randomized clinical trial, 73 patients with unilateral ureteral stone and hydroureteronephrosis who underwent insertion of an internal ureteral stent after transureteral lithotripsy (TUL) were randomized into t...

Transl Androl Urol 2014;3(3):302 www.amepc.org/tau Establishing guidelines for the use of perioperatively antibiotics for patients being treated for urinary stone disease presents a particularly challenging clinical issue. Nephrolithiasis patients represent a variety of etiologies, from obstructive to infectious stones, and their treatment ranges from practically non-invasive in the form of ext...

Urinary stone disease is a major health care problem due to its high prevalence and incidence. There are different therapeutic approaches for ureteral stones depending on stone size, location and anatomical variations of the urogenital tract. Watchful waiting with concomitant medication (i.e., analgetics, anti-inflammatory agents, alpha-blockers) is considered an option for smaller stones (<6 m...

OBJECTIVE To analyse outcomes of holmium laser and pneumatic lithotripsy in treatment of lower ureteric calculus in pediatric patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS Prospective study conducted between August 2013 and July 2015. Inclusion criteria were lower ureteric calculus with stone size ≤1.5cms. Exclusion criteria were other than lower ureteric calculus, stone size ≥1.5cms, congenital renal anom...

BACKGROUND There are three minimally invasive methods for the management of large upper impacted ureteral stones: mini-percutaneous nephrolithotomy (MPCNL), transurethral ureteroscope lithotripsy (URSL), and retroperitoneal laparoscopic ureterolithotomy (RPLU). This study aimed to compare MPCNL, URSL, and RPLU, and to evaluate which one is the best choice for large upper impacted ureteral stone...