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Flexible ureteroscopy: technique, tips and tricks. 2018

Steeve Doizi, and Olivier Traxer

Department of Urology, Tenon Hospital, Assistance-Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, 4 rue de la Chine, 75020, Paris, France.

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.

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
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
D017410	Practice Guidelines as Topic	Works about directions or principles presenting current or future rules of policy for assisting health care practitioners in patient care decisions regarding diagnosis, therapy, or related clinical circumstances. The guidelines may be developed by government agencies at any level, institutions, professional societies, governing boards, or by the convening of expert panels. The guidelines form a basis for the evaluation of all aspects of health care and delivery.	Clinical Guidelines as Topic,Best Practices,Best Practice
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
D020709	Ureteroscopes	Endoscopes for examining the interior of the ureter.	Ureteroscope