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Inventi Impact: Urology & Nephrology

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  • Inventi:hkd/18458/15
    Flexible Ureteroscopy Can Be More Efficacious in the Treatment of Proximal Ureteral Stones in\nSelect Patients
    01-Jan-1970 Research 2016 : January - March
    Erdal Alkan, Ali SarJbacak, Ahmet Oguz Ozkanli, Mehmet Murad Basar, Oguz Acar, Mevlana Derya Balbay

    Purpose. We aimed to compare and evaluate the outcomes and complications of two endoscopic treatment procedures, semirigid\nureteroscopy (SR-URS) and flexible ureteroscopy (F-URS), in the treatment of proximal ureteral stones (PUS). Methods. SR-URS\n(group 1) was done on 68 patients whereas 64 patients underwent F-URS (group 2) for the treatment of PUS. Success rate was\ndefined as the absence of stone fragments or presence of asymptomatic insignificant residual fragments < 2 mm. Outcomes and\ncomplications were recorded. Results.The differences were statistically not significant in age, gender, body mass index (BMI), and\nstone characteristics between groups.Mean ureteral stone size was 9.1 �± 0.4mm and 8.9 �± 0.5mm for groups 1 and 2.Mean operative\ntime was 34.1 �± 1.5 min and 49.4 �± 2.3 min for groups 1 and 2 (

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    CC Compliant Citation: Erdal Alkan, Ali Sarbacak, Ahmet Oguz Ozkanli, Mehmet Murad Basar, Oguz Acar, and Mevlana Derya Balbay,\nâ??Flexible Ureteroscopy Can Be More Efficacious in the Treatment of Proximal Ureteral Stones in Select Patients,â? Advances in Urology,\nvol. 2015, Article ID 416031, 6 pages, 2015. doi:10.1155/2015/416031, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/3.0/.
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