Erschienen in:
01.02.2015 | Letter to the Editor
Double ureteral access sheath (UAS) technique for complicated distal ureteral stone
verfasst von:
Takashi Kawahara, Hiroki Ito, Hideyuki Terao, Hiroji Uemura, Yoshinobu Kubota, Junichi Matsuzaki
Erschienen in:
Urolithiasis
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Ausgabe 1/2015
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Excerpt
Ureteral access sheaths (UASs) are useful devices for decreasing intrarenal irrigation pressure and allow for easy control during flexible uretersocopy (URS). We herein report a case of lower ureteral stonesin which we used a double UAS technique, as the guide wire could not be inserted under retrograde cystoscopic guidance, and successfully treated the patient with ureteroscopic lithotripsy using a holmium: yttrium aluminum garnet laser (Ho:YAG) lithotripter. …