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Ureterolithotripsy: Report of 1000 Cases
Author(s) -
KOSTAKOPOULOS A.,
SOFRAS F.,
KARAYIANNIS A.,
KRANIDIS A.,
DIMOPOULOS C.
Publication year - 1989
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.1989.tb05183.x
Subject(s) - ureteroscopy , medicine , ureter , surgery , pyelogram , lithotripsy
Summary— A series of 1000 patients with calculi of the ureter at various levels were treated by ureteroscopy and lithotripsy over a period of 27 months. The overall success rate was 88.8%. Stones in the upper third of the ureter were removed in 15 of 39 patients. Calculi in the middle third were successfully removed in 52 of 102 patients. A success rate of 95.5% was achieved for calculi of the lower ureter. Per‐operative complications included 10 ureteric perforations, 4 of which were treated surgically and 6 conservatively. Urography, performed in 520 patients 3 months post‐operatively, showed 12 ureteric strictures; 9 of these were treated by insertion of a self‐retaining pig‐tail catheter and 3 required an operation. Ureterolithotripsy appears to be the method of choice in the management of ureteric calculi.