Update of the ICUD-SIU consultation on stone technology behind ureteroscopy

Ureteroscopy is now the most frequent treatment used around the world for stone disease. Technological advancement, efficiency, safety, and minimally invasiveness of this procedure are some of the reasons for this change of trend.

In this review of the literature, a search of the PubMed database was conducted to identify articles related to ureteroscopy and accessories. The committee assigned by the International Consultation on Urological Disease reviewed all the data and produced a consensus statement relating to the ureteroscopy and all the particularities around this procedure.

This manuscript provides literatures and recommendations for endourologists to keep them informed in regard to the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative consideration in regard of a ureteroscopy.

World journal of urology. 2017 Jul 25 [Epub ahead of print]

Jonathan Cloutier, Ken Anson, Guido Giusti, Michael Grasso, Guido Kamphuis, Sven Lahme, Evangelos Liatsikos, Anup Patel, Margaret S Pearle, Luc Valiquette, Olivier Traxer

Department of Urology, CHU de Québec, Laval University, Quebec, Canada. ., Department of Urology, St George's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK., Ville Turro Division, Department of Urology, Ospedale San Raffaele, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy., Department of Urology, Lenox Hill Medical Center, New York, NY, USA., Department of Urology, AMC University Hospital, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam Z-O, The Netherlands., Department of Urology, Hospital St. Trudpert, Pforzheim, Germany., Department of Urology, University of Patras, Patras, Greece., Department of Urology, St Mary's Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK., Departments of Urology and Internal Medicine, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA., Department of Urology, University of Montreal Health Center, Montreal, Canada., Department of Urology, Tenon Hospital, Pierre et Marie Curie University, Paris, France.