... of the stone if not impacted. Conclusions: Our study suggests that the impacted stone, intramural stricture requiring dilatation and stone size may have a significant effect on the success rate of semirigid URS for proximal ureteral stone. Further studies with population-based and longitudinal design should...

...C. Deliveliotis; M. Chrisofos; S. Albanis; E. Serafetinides; J. Varkarakis; V. Protogerou Introduction: Impacted stones are those that remain unchanged in the same location for at least 2 months. Materials and Methods: We evaluated 42 patients with impacted ureteral stones, and followed them...