...Bo Xiao; Xiaolin Diao; Xue Zeng; Song Jin; Gang Zhang; Wenjie Bai; Jianxing Li Introduction: The goal of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of needle-perc-assisted endoscopic surgery (NAES) in the treatment of staghorn renal stones via a single-center prospective randomized...

... and success and complications. Methods: A retrospective evaluation was made of patients who underwent stent placement after impassable ureteroscopy and a repeat ureteroscopy due to kidney stones. A total of 161 patients were included in the study between 2015 and 2022. Demographic, clinical, preoperative...

... manner for ureterorenoscopy (URS) outcomes in proximal ureteral stones by a multicenter study. Materials and Methods: The data of patients who underwent URS for proximal ureteral stones between the years 2015 and 2018 in eight centers were recorded retrospectively. Patients were divided into two groups...

... the more frequent recurrence in children, compared to adults, urinary stones treatments should require minimal invasive treatment methods. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the profile of the young patient with lithiasis who can benefit from ESWL, analysing the experience of 2 clinical departments...

... be the only way to reassure patients with ongoing symptoms. We wanted to analyze our predictors and results of negative URS for treatment of ureteric stones. Methods and Materials: Between March 2012 and August 2018, data on consecutive patients with ureteric stones undergoing a primary URS (without a pre...

...Han Chen; Gang Chen; Yang Pan; Yunxiao Zhu; Chaoyu Xiong; Hualin Chen; Ziyi Yang Introduction: No wound to the patients is the pursuit of surgeons. Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (SWL) and ureteroscopy (URS) are minimally invasive modalities for treating horseshoe kidney (HSK) stone <2 cm...

... (URS) for removing proximal ureteral stones. Patients and Methods: This prospective study included 165 patients with proximal ureteral stones ≥10 mm. The patients were randomly assigned to a tamsulosin group (Group I, n = 81) receiving tamsulosin 0.4 mg daily for 1 week pre-URS and a control group...

... a benign course that does not increase the risk of stone formation. They argue that because RCM is associated with mild signs and symptoms, and unnecessary diagnostic procedures and interventions should be avoided in children with RCM [ 8,9,10 ]. Other studies indicate that RCM is the precursor of overt...

...Muhammet Fatih Kilinc; Tolga Karakan; Yildiray Yildiz; Omer Gokhan Doluoglu Primary giant urethral stones are extremely rare in females, and they usually appear in the case of congenital diverticula, not as complications of surgery. Herein, we report a 54-year-old woman with a giant female urethral...

..., instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Kidney Stone Renal artery aneurysm Case Report Urol Int 2000;64:111 112 Unusual Calcification of the Right Kidney Christian M. Gygia Jean-Yves Meuwlyb Hans-Jörg Leisingera Departments of aUrology and bRadiology, University...