ReviewResearch and reports in urology2021
Minimally Invasive Surgery for the Treatment of Ureteric Stones - State-of-the-Art Review.
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19 citing papers in PubMed.
- Innovative approaches to large lower calyceal stones (10-20 mm): evaluating modified T-tilt position and lower calyx hydrodilatation techniques in flexible ureteroscopy versus hydrodilatation alone: prospective randomized controlled study.International urology and nephrology · 2025Trial
- Optimum combined MET according to tolerability with efficacy, Silodosin Tadalafil versus Silodosin Vardenafil for distal ureteric stone: a prospective, double blinded, randomized clinical trial.International urology and nephrology · 2025Trial
- Healthcare resource utilization comparing single-use ureteroscopes with real-time intrarenal pressure monitoring to other single-use ureteroscopes.Canadian Urological Association journal = Journal de l'Association des urologues du Canada · 2026Article
- Do failed endoscopic manipulations increase the complexity of ureteral stricture? A multicenter experience.Asian journal of urology · 2026Article
- Research progress on treating urinary system stones using ureteroscopy combined With a negative-pressure suction sheath.Frontiers in surgery · 2026Review
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- Ureteral wall thickness at the ureterovesical junction as a significant factor in predicting medical expulsive therapy of ureterovesical junction stones.BMC urology · 2025Article
- Prediction of Residual Fragments After Flexible Ureteroscopic Stone Management: A Critical Evaluation Based on Patient- and Stone-Related Parameters.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- The role of preoperative ureteral diameter measurements in predicting difficult access during retrograde ıntrarenal surgery: a retrospective analysis of 234 patients.Urolithiasis · 2025Article
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- Enhancing stone expulsion: The efficacy of combined medical therapy with tamsulosin and dexamethasone in renal colic patients.Journal of research in medical sciences : the official journal of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences · 2025Article
- Effectiveness and safety profiles of percutaneous nephrolithotomy and ureteroscopic lithotripsy for proximal ureteral calculi.American journal of translational research · 2025Article
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- Efficacy and Safety of Boldine Combined withMedicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Article
- Flexible ureteroscopic treatment of kidney stones: How do the new laser systems change our concepts?Asian journal of urology · 2024Review
- Deciding on a novel predictive value to gauge how well patients with lower ureteric stones respond to medical expulsive therapy.Urolithiasis · 2024Article
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- NO Residual Stones after Flexible Ureteroscopy for Renal Stones - Update 2021. A Narrative Brief Review.Maedica · 2022Article
- Radiomics in Urolithiasis: Systematic Review of Current Applications, Limitations, and Future Directions.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Review
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Abstract
The landscape of managing ureteric stones has evolved over the last few decades and several treatment options exist depending on the stone size, location, and other patient and stone factors. While open surgery is now rarely performed, the use of medical expulsive therapy (MET) has been controversial and perhaps only recommended for large distal ureteric stones. The mainstay treatment balances between shockwave lithotripsy (SWL) and ureteroscopy (URS), with the latter usually recommended for larger stones. While the principles of ureteric stone management have remained largely unchanged, the modern era has generated new methods and means to deliver it. Advancements have occurred in all domains of endourology to try and refine treatment and balance it with cost, patient choice and quality of life. Dissemination of technologies and demonstration of their efficacy and safety will eventually result in new recommendations among international guidelines and evolution of new gold standards.
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