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Endourological treatment of ureteral calculi. 1986

R I Kahn

Endourological treatment of ureteral calculi can be highly successful and result in low morbidity rates. Several techniques are described that have a primary role and that serve as backup, including retrograde flushing, flexible nephroscopy, antegrade fluoroscopic basket, ultrasonic lithotripsy, ureteroscopy, chemolysis, and a combined antegrade and retrograde method. With these methods 114 of 120 consecutive patients with ureteral stones (95 per cent) underwent successful removal. The associated number of complications was low, with most patients being treated conservatively.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008096	Lithotripsy	The destruction of a calculus of the kidney, ureter, bladder, or gallbladder by physical forces, including crushing with a lithotriptor through a catheter. Focused percutaneous ultrasound and focused hydraulic shock waves may be used without surgery. Lithotripsy does not include the dissolving of stones by acids or litholysis. Lithotripsy by laser is LITHOTRIPSY, LASER.	ESWL (Extracorporeal Shockwave Lithotripsy),Electrohydraulic Shockwave Lithotripsy,Extracorporeal Shockwave Lithotripsy,Litholapaxy,Noninvasive Litholapaxy,Percutaneous Ultrasonic Lithotripsy,Ultrasonic Lithotripsy,ESWLs (Extracorporeal Shockwave Lithotripsy),Electrohydraulic Shockwave Lithotripsies,Extracorporeal Shockwave Lithotripsies,Litholapaxies,Litholapaxies, Noninvasive,Litholapaxy, Noninvasive,Lithotripsies,Lithotripsies, Electrohydraulic Shockwave,Lithotripsies, Extracorporeal Shockwave,Lithotripsies, Percutaneous Ultrasonic,Lithotripsies, Ultrasonic,Lithotripsy, Electrohydraulic Shockwave,Lithotripsy, Extracorporeal Shockwave,Lithotripsy, Percutaneous Ultrasonic,Lithotripsy, Ultrasonic,Noninvasive Litholapaxies,Percutaneous Ultrasonic Lithotripsies,Shockwave Lithotripsies, Electrohydraulic,Shockwave Lithotripsies, Extracorporeal,Shockwave Lithotripsy, Electrohydraulic,Shockwave Lithotripsy, Extracorporeal,Ultrasonic Lithotripsies,Ultrasonic Lithotripsies, Percutaneous,Ultrasonic Lithotripsy, Percutaneous
D008297	Male		Males
D009403	Nephrostomy, Percutaneous	The insertion of a catheter through the skin and body wall into the kidney pelvis, mainly to provide urine drainage where the ureter is not functional. It is used also to remove or dissolve renal calculi and to diagnose ureteral obstruction.	Percutaneous Nephrostomy,Nephrostomies, Percutaneous,Percutaneous Nephrostomies
D004724	Endoscopy	Procedures of applying ENDOSCOPES for disease diagnosis and treatment. Endoscopy involves passing an optical instrument through a small incision in the skin i.e., percutaneous; or through a natural orifice and along natural body pathways such as the digestive tract; and/or through an incision in the wall of a tubular structure or organ, i.e. transluminal, to examine or perform surgery on the interior parts of the body.	Endoscopic Surgical Procedures,Surgical Procedures, Endoscopic,Endoscopic Surgical Procedure,Endoscopy, Surgical,Surgical Endoscopy,Surgical Procedure, Endoscopic,Procedure, Endoscopic Surgical,Procedures, Endoscopic Surgical
D005069	Evaluation Studies as Topic	Works about studies that determine the effectiveness or value of processes, personnel, and equipment, or the material on conducting such studies.	Critique,Evaluation Indexes,Evaluation Methodology,Evaluation Report,Evaluation Research,Methodology, Evaluation,Pre-Post Tests,Qualitative Evaluation,Quantitative Evaluation,Theoretical Effectiveness,Use-Effectiveness,Critiques,Effectiveness, Theoretical,Evaluation Methodologies,Evaluation Reports,Evaluation, Qualitative,Evaluation, Quantitative,Evaluations, Qualitative,Evaluations, Quantitative,Indexes, Evaluation,Methodologies, Evaluation,Pre Post Tests,Pre-Post Test,Qualitative Evaluations,Quantitative Evaluations,Report, Evaluation,Reports, Evaluation,Research, Evaluation,Test, Pre-Post,Tests, Pre-Post,Use Effectiveness
D005260	Female		Females
D005471	Fluoroscopy	Production of an image when x-rays strike a fluorescent screen.	Fluoroscopies
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D014513	Ureter	One of a pair of thick-walled tubes that transports urine from the KIDNEY PELVIS to the URINARY BLADDER.	Ureters
D014514	Ureteral Calculi	Stones in the URETER that are formed in the KIDNEY. They are rarely more than 5 mm in diameter for larger renal stones cannot enter ureters. They are often lodged at the ureteral narrowing and can cause excruciating renal colic.	Ureteral Calculus,Calculi, Ureteral,Calculus, Ureteral