Open AccessPaediatric ureterolithotripsy: Tips and tricks – Experience at a single center
Author(s) -
Medha Joshi,
Priti Subhash Zade,
Bhavesh Doshi,
Mahendra S Gavai
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
african journal of paediatric surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.163
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 0189-6725
pISSN - 0974-5998
DOI - 10.4103/0189-6725.226199
Subject(s) - medicine , tertiary care , lithotripsy , paediatric surgery , general surgery , pediatrics , ureteroscopy , surgery , ureter
Paediatric stone disease is very common in certain regions of India. Traditionally, the endourology for the stones even in paediatric age group is managed by adult urologist and paediatric surgeons tend to do open surgeries. The nonavailability of paediatric size equipments and lack of training at the teaching and tertiary care paediatric surgical centers in India are factors due to which there is continued apathy of paediatric surgeons to endourology. The aim of this study was to discuss the feasibility of paediatric ureterolithotripsy for successful procedure. We introduced the paediatric ureterolithotripsy as per the predecided indications of stone size up to 15 mm in paediatric ureterolithiasis at a tertiary care center in rural set up.