A 71-year-old woman who had undergone a total abdominal hysterectomy and pelvic irradiation for cervical cancer and fecal diversion for adhesive ileus was referred to us for a "left" ureteral stone and intermittent gross hematuria. Bilateral ureteral stents had been indwelled because of lower ureteral strictures for a long time. Hematuria continued after the removal of the ureteral stone, and s...

Urolithiasis is a significant and worldwide health problem. Ureteral stones account for approximately 20% of urolithiasis cases. 70% of those cases are with location of stone in the distal 1/3 rd of ureter hence known as Distal Ureteral Stones (DUS) or Lower Ureteral Stones (LUS). Recently certain drugs have been used as supplement for observation in an effort to improve spontaneous stone expul...

INTRODUCTION We present our experience with the use of semirigid ureteroscopy for the treatment of ureteric stones in children less than or equal to 6 years of age. MATERIAL AND METHODS The records of 21 children (12 female, 9 male) with an average age of 4.7 years (range 8 months to 6 years) treated with semirigid ureteroscopy between June 2006 and July 2010 were reviewed. In 13 ureteral uni...

introduction: the aim of this study is to compare holmium laser (ll) with pneumatic lithoclast (pl) in patients with upper ureteral stones and their ability to destruct the stones and making the patient stone free. we also compare the duration of these procedures and their complications, such as urosepsis, perforation, and pushing the stone backward. methods: this has been a clinical randomized...

OBJECTIVE We aimed to evaluate the factors influencing treatment option selection among urologists for patients with ureteral stones, according to the stone diameter and location. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the records of 360 consecutive patients who, between January 2009 and June 2014, presented to the emergency department with renal colic and were eventually diagnosed with urinary ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Most series on ureteroscopy for urolithiasis use postoperative plain radiography of the kidneys, ureters, and bladder (KUB) or intravenous urography (IVU) to determine outcomes. These imaging modalities, however, are not very sensitive and may overestimate stone-free rates (SFRs). The aim of our study was to assess SFRs after ureteroscopy for urolithiasis using CT follow-...

PURPOSE A prospective randomized controlled trial was conducted to evaluate whether postoperative ureteral stenting is necessary after ureteroscopic laser lithotripsy. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 58 patients with unilateral ureteral stones were randomized into either stented or unstented groups. Ureteroscopic laser lithotripsy was performed using a semirigid ureteroscope (6.5/7Fr) and ho...

PURPOSE The aim of our study was to evaluate the association of several factors with spontaneous stone expulsion, including ureteral stone characteristics (size, location, hydronephrosis, perinephric stranding), types of medications prescribed (α-blocker, low-dose steroid), and other possible demographic and health-history factors (gender, age, serum creatinine, underlying diabetes mellitus [DM...

techniques for 4 weeks and the management outcomes were evaluated. Data were analyzed by SPSS software. RESULTS: There were 412 (83.4%) males and 82(16.6%) females. 237 (48%) and 257 (52%) on right and left side respectively. The mean transverse diameter was 6.9 2.1 mm and percentage of the stones with different diameter (mm) was; <5 (28.7%), 5e10 (67.8%), > 17(3.4%). NCCT detected ureteral sto...