ArticleFrontiers in surgery2021
Comparison Between Single-Use Flexible Ureteroscope and Reusable Flexible Ureteroscope for Upper Urinary Calculi: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Article in Frontiers in surgery, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 17 citations in OpenAlex.
- International Alliance of Urolithiasis guideline on retrograde intrarenal surgery.BJU international · 2023Guideline
- Cost of reusable vs. single-use ureteroscopes in complex renal surgeries: a randomized cohort study.World journal of urology · 2025Trial
- Initial experience of comparison between two slimmest single-use flexible ureteroscopes: Indoscope Sleek (Bioradmedisys™) Versus Uscope PU3033A (Pusen™): A single-center prospective study.World journal of urology · 2023Trial
- Factors associated with digital flexible ureteroscopy management in kidney stone treatment: a prospective study.Surgery in practice and science · 2026Article
- The comparison of efficacy and safety of reusable and disposable-flexible ureteroscopes: case-control matching results of multicentric RIRSearch study group.International urology and nephrology · 2025Article
- Single-use versus reusable flexible ureterorenoscopes with FANS: a multicenter propensity-matched analysis of outcomes in a large series from the EAU-Endourology Section and FANS Collaborative Group.World journal of urology · 2025Article
- Comparative Efficacy of Digital Flexible Ureteroscopy in Management of Renal Stones in Normal-Weight and Overweight/Obese Patients.Research and reports in urology · 2025Article
- Single use flexible ureteroscopes: Current status and future directions.BJUI compass · 2023Review
- Influencing factors of acute kidney injury following retrograde intrarenal surgery.World journal of urology · 2023Article
- Hybrid flexible ureteroscopy strategy in the management of renal stones - a narrative review.Journal of medicine and life · 2022Review
- An in vitro Comparative Assessment of Single-Use Flexible Ureteroscopes Using a Standardized Ureteroscopy Training Model.Urologia internationalis · 2022Article
- RIRS with disposable or reusable scopes: does it make a difference? Results from the multicenter FLEXOR study.Therapeutic advances in urologyArticle
- Will the advances in retrograde intrarenal surgery extinguish percutaneous nephrolithotomy for stones larger than 2 cm?International braz j urol : official journal of the Brazilian Society of UrologyArticle
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