Flexible Ureteroscopy: Washington University Experience With the 9.3F and 7.5F Flexible Ureteroscopes

AbstractPurpose: Recent advances in the design of flexible ureteroscopes have resulted in smaller caliber instruments. We review our experience with the smaller flexible ureteroscopes, and compare the efficacy and efficiency of the newer 7.5F to the standard 9.3F flexible instruments.Materials and Methods: Between January 1991 and 1995, 69 male and 41 female patients (mean age 57 years, range 16 to 91) underwent 116 retrograde flexible ureteroscopic procedures for a variety of diagnostic and therapeutic indications. A 9.3F ureteroscope (group 1) was used in 71 patients and a 7.5F instrument (group 2) was used in 39.Results: Patients in group 2 received sedation analgesia significantly more often than those in group 1 (56 versus 35%, p = 0.04). Active dilation of the ureteral orifice was required less often in group 2 (22.5%) than in group 1 (58%, p

Keywords:

• Ureteroscopes
• Sedation
• Ureteroscopy
• Urology
• Endoscopy
• Ureter
• Pathology
• URETEROSCOPE
• Kidney disease
• Urinary system
• Surgery
• Medicine
• flexible ureteroscopy
• upper urinary tract

• Correction
• Source
• Cite
• Save
• Machine Reading By IdeaReader