OBJECTIVE Retrograde intrarenal surgery (RIRS) performed using a flexible ureterorenoscope marked the beginning of a new era in urology. Today, even staghorn stones are successfully treated via RIRS. The recommended treatment for larger stones is percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PNL). However, the question of whether PNL or RIRS should be the first-line treatment option for larger stones remains c...

Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) treatment has been used at Department of Urology, University Hospital "Osijek", Croatia, since July 1988. Until December 2001 seven thousand and eight hundred patients underwent ESWL for urinary stones, 68 of them were children (0.87%). Sixty-eight children aged 4 to 15 years (average 10.14 years) underwent ESWL. They were treated for the total of 91...

OBJECTIVE In our study we aimed to evaluate outcomes of ultra-mini-percutaneous nephrolithotomy (UMP) performed for the treatment of kidney stones. MATERIAL AND METHODS Between October 2014 and September 2015, a single surgeon performed UMP on a total of 49 consecutive patients with symptomatic kidney stones at our center. Pregnants, anticogulant users, patients with bleeding diathesis pyonep...

Introduction: The present study shows and discusses the preliminary experience of customized and staged approach in the minimally invasive treatment of inflammatory renal diseases, using either pure laparoscopic surgery or the hand-assisted technique. Materials and Methods: We prospectively assessed 17 patients with inflammatory renal diseases operated by laparoscopic approach. Mean age was 41 ...

OBJECTIVE We evaluated the role of retroperitoneoscopic pyelolithotomy in the management of renal calculi. METHODS Fifty-six cases (male, 27; female, 29) of solitary or multiple renal calculi were evaluated in the study. There were 46 patients with a single calculus, 4 patients with a staghorn calculus, and 6 with a caliceal calculus. Retroperitoneoscopic pyelolithotomy was carried out after ...

A case of mucinous adenocarcinoma of the renal pelvis occurring in association with staghorn calculus and severe pyelonephritis is reported. The incidence and aetiopathogenesis of this neoplasm is briefly discussed.

This study aimed to compare the totally tubeless percutaneous nephrolithotomy and standard percutaneous nephrolithotomy techniques regarding their rates of success and complications in patients with kidney stones. Patients were randomly assigned to two groups. Forty-four patients (24 men; mean age: 50.40±2.02 years) received totally tubeless percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL; no nephrostomy ca...

Objective: Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of renal pelvis is a subtle tumor and pyelo-enteric and pyelo-cutaneous fistula has remotely been identified as its clinical presentation. This unseal clinical scenario is a diagnostic and management dissention. Method: We report a rare case of squamous cell carcinoma of the renal pelvis presenting as pyelo-enterocutaneous fistula in a patient with long ...

During an unusual cold-water event in January 2010, reefs along the Florida Reef Tract suffered extensive coral mortality, especially in shallow reef habitats in close proximity to shore and with connections to coastal bays. The threatened staghorn coral, Acropora cervicornis, is the focus of propagation and restoration activities in Florida and one of the species that exhibited high susceptibi...

You have accessJournal of UrologyStone Disease: Surgical Therapy I (MP06)1 Sep 2021MP06-12 PRE-OPERATIVE STONE VOLUME MEASUREMENT PROGRAM (QSAS) IS BEST PREDICTOR OF PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROLITHOTOMY (PCNL) OPERATIVE TIME AND FREE RATE Margaret Meagher, Tommy Chiou, Andrea Ferrero, Roger Sur, and Seth Bechis MeagherMargaret Meagher More articles by this author , ChiouTommy Chiou FerreroAndrea Ferrer...