Urolithiasis is one of the most common diseases seen by urologists. In 28% patients with kidney stones, disease symptomatic. The benefits ureteral stone extraction include minimal invasiveness, a shorter postoperative recovery time, and favourable safety profile. Aim: to compare evaluate relationship between density ureter, calculus, its localization value creatinine level predicting success ur...

The article dedicate to the problem of failure extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy in patients with ureterolithiasis and reveal changes which appear ureter location stone.The aim. Analysis results treatment patients, suffering ureteric stones, using ureterolithotripsy procedure after lithotripsy.
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Retrograde ureteric stone migration is an extremely rare phenomenon with only one previously reported case in the literature. We report on a case of upward spontaneous migration of a ureteric stone in a 39-year-old male military trainer in Saudi Arabia who was diagnosed with upper left ureteric stone based on non-contrast spiral computerized tomography kidney ureter bladder (CT-KUB) scan. The p...

PURPOSE To retrospectively assess the clinical utility in ureteroscopy (URS) planning of cumulative stone diameter (CSD), which does not account for stone width or depth, as a predictor of URS outcome and compare it with stone volume. MATERIALS AND METHODS Patients with renal stones treated at a single institute by flexible URS were retrospectively evaluated. To assess the clinical utility of...

Plain x-rays can reveal opaque renal calculi. They may also be helpful in nephrocalcinosis where there is increased uptake of calcium by the kidneys. CT scan of kidneys, ureter and bladder is the preferred imaging modality looking for renal calculi. CT scanning has a higher radiation dose than plain x-ray but it has a much better sensitivity for detecting a stone both directly and indirectly (e...

The short paper to which I invite your attention this evening is to be regarded as a mere fragment?a brief contribution to the surgery of the ureter. This latter is a subject which, during the last few years, lias engaged the attention of surgeons ; and still,'how few instances of operation for stone in the ureter have been placed upon record. I think you will agree with me that it is incumbent...

OBJECTIVES To compare the safety and cost-effectiveness of ureterorenoscopic holmium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet (YAG) laser lithotripsy (URSL) with extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) for proximal ureteral stones. METHODS This investigation assessed 220 patients with upper ureteral stones. Those in the ESWL group were treated on an outpatient basis using the Medispec Econolith 2000 (Med...