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Delivery of Low Ureteric Stones with the Zeiss Indwelling Probe
Author(s) -
IPIÉNSAZNAR A.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
british journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1464-410X
pISSN - 0007-1331
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-410x.1982.tb06963.x
Subject(s) - medicine , ureter , indwelling catheter , surgery , ureteroscopy , catheter
Summary— Endoscopic removal of stones by means of the indwelling Zeiss probe was attempted in 67 patients with low ureteric stones and in one with a pelvic stone. This was successful in 48 of the 53 patients in whom the probe passed the stone. The delivery of low ureteric calculi by the indwelling loop catheter has a high success rate and few of the serious complications seen with the rigid extractors, whose use should be restricted t o stones lodged in the intramural ureter and measuring less than 4 mm in diameter.