Current practice in Latin America of flexible ureterorenoscopy with laser for treating kidney stones. 2016

B O Manzo, and M Bertacchi, and E Lozada, and A Rasguido, and E Aleman, and M Cabrera, and A Rodríguez, and G Manzo, and H Sánchez, and J Blasco
Hospital Regional de Alta Especialidad del Bajío, León Gto, México. Electronic address: bmanzo@urocem.com.

BACKGROUND The use of flexible ureterorenoscopy for treating kidney stones has increased in recent years, with considerable worldwide variation in the surgical technique and indications. OBJECTIVE To determine the current practice, technique variations, use and indications of flexible ureterorenoscopy for treating kidney stones in Latin American. METHODS We sent (by email and web link) an anonymous questionnaire with 30 questions on flexible ureterorenoscopy for treating kidney stones to Latin American urologists from January 2015 to July 2015. We collected the responses through the Survey Monkey system. RESULTS A total of 283 urologists in 15 Latin American countries participated (response rate, 10.8%); 254 answered the questionnaire completely; 52.8% were urologists from Mexico and 11% were from Argentina; 11.8% of the responders stated that they performed >100 cases per year; 15.2% considered ureterorenoscopy as the treatment of choice for stones >2cm, and 19.6% performed ureterorenoscopy in single stages for calculi measuring >2.5cm. Some 78.4% use fluoroscopy, 69.1% use a ureteral sheath in all cases, 55.8% place double-J catheters at the end of surgery, 37.3% considered a stone-free state to be 0 fragments, and 41.2% use plain radiography to assess the stone-free condition. CONCLUSIONS Most participating urologists consider flexible ureterorenoscopy as the first-choice treatment for stones <2cm; a small percentage of these urologists perform >100 ureterorenoscopies per year. More than half of the urologists routinely used fluoroscopy and ureteral access sheath; the most common method for determining the stone-free state is plain abdominal radiography.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007669 Kidney Calculi Stones in the KIDNEY, usually formed in the urine-collecting area of the kidney (KIDNEY PELVIS). Their sizes vary and most contains CALCIUM OXALATE. Kidney Stones,Renal Calculi,Nephrolith,Renal Calculus,Calculi, Kidney,Calculi, Renal,Calculus, Kidney,Calculus, Renal,Kidney Calculus,Kidney Stone,Stone, Kidney,Stones, Kidney
D007843 Latin America The geographic area of Mexico, Central America, continent of South America and the islands of the Caribbean where Spanish or other Romance language is spoken.
D010818 Practice Patterns, Physicians' Patterns of practice related to diagnosis and treatment as especially influenced by cost of the service requested and provided. Clinical Practice Patterns,Physician's Practice Patterns,Clinical Practice Pattern,Pattern, Clinical Practice,Patterns, Clinical Practice,Practice Pattern, Clinical,Practice Patterns, Clinical,Practice Patterns, Physician's,Prescribing Patterns, Physician,Physician Practice Patterns,Physician Prescribing Pattern,Physician Prescribing Patterns,Physician's Practice Pattern,Physicians' Practice Pattern,Physicians' Practice Patterns,Practice Pattern, Physician's,Practice Pattern, Physicians',Practice Patterns, Physician,Prescribing Pattern, Physician
D004867 Equipment Design Methods and patterns of fabricating machines and related hardware. Design, Equipment,Device Design,Medical Device Design,Design, Medical Device,Designs, Medical Device,Device Design, Medical,Device Designs, Medical,Medical Device Designs,Design, Device,Designs, Device,Designs, Equipment,Device Designs,Equipment Designs
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D014572 Urology A surgical specialty concerned with the study, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases of the urinary tract in both sexes, and the genital tract in the male. Common urological problems include urinary obstruction, URINARY INCONTINENCE, infections, and UROGENITAL NEOPLASMS.
D053685 Laser Therapy The use of photothermal effects of LASERS to coagulate, incise, vaporize, resect, dissect, or resurface tissue. Laser Knife,Laser Scalpel,Surgery, Laser,Vaporization, Laser,Laser Ablation,Laser Knives,Laser Photoablation of Tissue,Laser Surgery,Laser Tissue Ablation,Nonablative Laser Treatment,Pulsed Laser Tissue Ablation,Ablation, Laser,Ablation, Laser Tissue,Knife, Laser,Knifes, Laser,Knive, Laser,Knives, Laser,Laser Knifes,Laser Knive,Laser Scalpels,Laser Surgeries,Laser Therapies,Laser Treatment, Nonablative,Laser Treatments, Nonablative,Laser Vaporization,Nonablative Laser Treatments,Scalpel, Laser,Scalpels, Laser,Surgeries, Laser,Therapies, Laser,Therapy, Laser,Tissue Ablation, Laser
D018666 Ureteroscopy Endoscopic examination, therapy or surgery of the ureter. Surgical Procedures, Ureteroscopic,Ureteroscopic Surgical Procedures,Surgery, Ureteroscopic,Ureteroscopic Surgery,Procedure, Ureteroscopic Surgical,Procedures, Ureteroscopic Surgical,Surgeries, Ureteroscopic,Surgical Procedure, Ureteroscopic,Ureteroscopic Surgeries,Ureteroscopic Surgical Procedure,Ureteroscopies
D019538 Health Care Surveys Statistical measures of utilization and other aspects of the provision of health care services including hospitalization and ambulatory care. Healthcare Surveys,National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey,National Hospital Discharge Survey,Care Survey, Health,Care Surveys, Health,Health Care Survey,Healthcare Survey,Survey, Health Care,Survey, Healthcare,Surveys, Health Care,Surveys, Healthcare
D020709 Ureteroscopes Endoscopes for examining the interior of the ureter. Ureteroscope

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