... during the operation. Seven patients required ureteral stent placement for passive ureteral dilation, with definitive stone treatment later. Postoperative radiographic follow-up was available for 63 (96.92%) cases, and no ureteral stenosis was observed after balloon dilation. Conclusion: The use of a new...

..., methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Balloon dilation Stricture Surgical anastomosis Treatment Urinary diversion Radical cystectomy is the standard treatment for muscle-invasive bladder cancer [ 1 ]. After the surgical removal of the bladder...

...-step balloon dilation for management of complex renal stones. Material and Methods: We retrospectively analyzed 85 renal stone patients who underwent 89 PCNLs from January 2011 to May 2012. Doppler ultrasound with X-ray-guided PCNL with one-step balloon dilation was finished on the Fluoroscopic Table...

...Mut Şafak; Çaǧatay Gogus; Tarkan Soygür Introduction: Nephrostomy tract dilation is one of the important steps of percutaneous renal surgery. In this study, we present our initial experience with the balloon dilator in 95 patients and compare our results retrospectively with a group of 30 patients...