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- Title
Flexible ureteroscopy: technique, tips and tricks.
- Authors
Doizi, Steeve; Traxer, Olivier
- Abstract
During the last decades, the surgical management of kidney stones benefited of many technological advances and one of them is the development of flexible ureteroscopy (fURS). This tool, ancillary equipment such as graspers and baskets, and lithotripsy technique with Holmium:YAG laser underwent many improvements leading to a widening of its indications with diagnostic and therapeutic management of upper urinary tract pathologies such as urolithiasis and urothelial tumors. The objective of this review is to describe the surgical technique for fURS as well as tips and tricks for the treatment of renal stones.
- Subjects
ULTRASONIC imaging; URETEROSCOPY; LITHOTRIPSY; HOLMIUM; URINARY tract infections
- Publication
Urolithiasis, 2018, Vol 46, Issue 1, p47
- ISSN
2194-7228
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00240-017-1030-x