Ureteral Calculi

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • 2007 Guideline for the management of ureteral calculi. 
  • 2007 guideline for the management of ureteral calculi. 
  • A prospective, multi-institutional study of flexible ureteroscopy for proximal ureteral stones smaller than 2 cm. 
  • Access to the distal ureter after failure of direct visual ureteroscopy. 
  • Advances in the surgical management of nephrolithiasis. 
  • Antiretropulsion devices. 
  • Are stone protocol computed tomography scans mandatory for children with suspected urinary calculi? 
  • Assessment of stricture formation with the ureteral access sheath. 
  • Calculus formation and ureteral obstruction after ileal conduit construction using autosuture stapling device. 
  • Changing gender prevalence of stone disease. 
  • Clinical efficacy of combined lithoclast and lithovac stone removal during ureteroscopy. 
  • Combined antegrade and retrograde endoscopic approach for the management of urinary diversion-associated pathology. 
  • Comparison of outcomes of ureteroscopy for ureteral calculi located above and below the pelvic brim. 
  • Complications of percutaneous nephrostolithotomy. 
  • Complications of surgical management of upper tract calculi in spina bifida patients: analysis of nationwide data. 
  • Complications of ureteroscopy: analysis of predictive factors. 
  • Cost-effectiveness comparison of renal calculi treated with ureteroscopic laser lithotripsy versus shockwave lithotripsy. 
  • Cost-effectiveness comparison of ureteral calculi treated with ureteroscopic laser lithotripsy versus shockwave lithotripsy. 
  • Current trends in the management of urinary stones. 
  • Detection of ureteral calculi in patients with suspected renal colic: value of reformatted noncontrast helical CT. 
  • Direct percutaneous ureterolithotomy. 
  • Distal ureteral calculi: detection with transperineal sonography. 
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  • Editorial comment. The value of intensive medical management of distal ureteral calculi in an effort to facilitate spontaneous stone passage. 
  • Effect of Laser Settings and Irrigation Rates on Ureteral Temperature During Holmium Laser Lithotripsy, an In Vitro Model. 
  • Efficacy of second generation lithotriptors: a multicenter comparative study of 2,206 extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy treatments with the Siemens Lithostar, Dornier HM4, Wolf Piezolith 2300, Direx Tripter X-1 and Breakstone lithotriptors. 
  • Endourological management of a large distal ureteral calculus in a patient with ureterosigmoidostomy diversion. 
  • Evaluation of Novel Ball-Tip Holmium Laser Fiber: Impact on Ureteroscope Performance and Fragmentation Efficiency. 
  • Helical CT for nephrolithiasis and ureterolithiasis: comparison of conventional and reduced radiation-dose techniques. 
  • High pressure versus low pressure electromagnetic extracorporeal lithotripsy. 
  • Immediate unplanned hospital admission after outpatient ureteroscopy for stone disease. 
  • Interobserver variability in the interpretation of unenhanced helical CT for the diagnosis of ureteral stone disease. 
  • Kidney stones. 
  • Laboratory and clinical assessment of pneumatically driven intracorporeal lithotripsy. 
  • Lessons learned in patients with large steinstrasse. 
  • Low dose computerized tomography for detection of urolithiasis--its effectiveness in the setting of the urology clinic. 
  • Management of ureteral calculi: the debate continues... 
  • Massive steinstrasse after treatment of a staghorn calculus. 
  • Medical Expulsive Therapy is Useful for Urinary Calculi. 
  • Medical expulsive therapy for ureteral calculi in the real world: targeted education increases use and improves patient outcome. 
  • Modified Johnson basket for antegrade stone extraction. 
  • Nephrolithiasis--solutions for emerging problems. 
  • Nonenhanced helical CT and US in the emergency evaluation of patients with renal colic: prospective comparison. 
  • Nurse-Initiated Telephone Follow Up after Ureteroscopic Stone Surgery. 
  • Optimizing treatment for middle and distal ureteral calculi. 
  • Percutaneous ureterolithotomy. 
  • Post-obstructive diuresis: a varied syndrome. 
  • Practice patterns of ureteral stenting after routine ureteroscopic stone surgery: a survey of practicing urologists. 
  • Quantification of the tip movement of lithotripsy flexible pneumatic probes. 
  • Removal of the entrapped basketed ureteral calculus: a novel technique. 
  • Routine placement of ureteral stents is unnecessary after ureteroscopy for urinary calculi. 
  • Routine postoperative imaging is important after ureteroscopic stone manipulation. 
  • Routine ureteral stenting is not necessary after ureteroscopy and ureteropyeloscopy: a randomized trial. 
  • Safety and efficacy of holmium: YAG laser lithotripsy in patients with bleeding diatheses. 
  • Safety and efficacy of the Alexandrite laser for the treatment of renal and ureteral calculi. 
  • Shock wave lithotripsy or ureteroscopy for the management of proximal ureteral calculi: an old discussion revisited. 
  • Success of laser endoureterotomy of ureteral strictures associated with ureteral stones is related to stone impaction. 
  • The clinical research office of the endourological society ureteroscopy global study: indications, complications, and outcomes in 11,885 patients. 
  • The economics of stone disease. 
  • Treatment efficacy and outcomes using a third generation shockwave lithotripter. 
  • Treatment of ureteral calculi by extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy at a multi-use center. 
  • Twenty-five years of shockwave lithotripsy: back to the future? 
  • Update on shock wave lithotripsy technology. 
  • Ureteral access sheath provides protection against elevated renal pressures during routine flexible ureteroscopic stone manipulation. 
  • Ureteral stents and their use in endourology. 
  • Ureteroscopic treatment of lower pole calculi: comparison of lithotripsy in situ and after displacement. 
  • Ureteroscopy for the treatment of urolithiasis in children. 
  • Urinary calculi in aviation pilots: what is the best therapeutic approach? 
  • Urolithiasis: detection and management with unenhanced spiral CT--a urologic perspective. 
  • Use of a working channel catheter during flexible ureteroscopic laser lithotripsy. 
  • Use of the Escape nitinol stone retrieval basket facilitates fragmentation and extraction of ureteral and renal calculi: a pilot study. 
  • Use of ureteroscopy and holmium:YAG laser in patients with bleeding diatheses. 
  • Variable Pulse Duration From a New Holmium:YAG Laser: The Effect on Stone Comminution, Fiber Tip Degradation, and Retropulsion in a Dusting Model. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Curtis, Lesley H., Professor in Population Health Sciences, Medicine, General Internal Medicine
  • Preminger, Glenn Michael, James F. Glenn, M.D. Professor of Urology, Surgery
  • Zhong, Pei, Professor in the Department of Mechanical Enginnering and Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science