During the past 3 decades, the surgical management of kidney stones has undergone many technological advances and one is the development of the flexible ureteroscopy. The development of this instrument as well as ancillary equipment such as baskets, graspers, and others, and improvements in lithotripsy with Holmium: YAG laser have led to expand its indications with diagnostic and therapeutic management of medical issues of the upper urinary tract such as urolithiasis and urothelial tumors. The objective of this review is to describe its indications and results in the different scenarios for the treatment of urinary stones.
Asian journal of urology. 2018 Jun 22 [Epub]
María Rodríguez-Monsalve Herrero, Steeve Doizi, Etienne Xavier Keller, Vincent De Coninck, Olivier Traxer
Department of Urology, Tenon Hospital, Assistance-Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France.