| Journal: | International braz j urol |
| Database: | PERIÓDICA |
| System number: | 000296947 |
| ISSN: | 1677-5538 |
| Authors: | Fuganti, Paulo E1 Pires, Silvio R Branco, Renato O Porto, Jose L |
| Institutions: | 1Hospital Assuncao, Seccao de Urologia, Sao Bernardo do Campo, Sao Paulo. Brasil |
| Year: | 2006 |
| Season: | May-Jun |
| Volumen: | 32 |
| Number: | 3 |
| Pages: | 322-329 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Experimental |
| English abstract | OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the role of ballistic ureteroscopic lithotripsy in children with ureteral stones. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Children under 14 years with ureteral stones were treated with ureteroscopy in a 5-year period in our institution. RESULTS: Twenty-three procedures were performed in 20 children. Mean surgical time, age and stone size were 31 min. (15 - 120min.), 11 years. (4-13 years), 5.3 mm (3-10 mm) respectively. Three patients underwent two ballistic ureteroscopic lithotripsy each. There were 22 successful procedures (96%) and a 100% stone-free rate per patient. Complications (mucosal tear) occurred in 2 procedures (8%) without extravasation of contrast media on retrograde pyelogram and their follow-up was uneventful. CONCLUSION: Ureteroscopic ballistic lithotripsy is a feasible option for ureteral stones in prepubertal patients, with high stone-free rate and few complications |
| Disciplines: | Medicina |
| Keyword: | Cirugía, Pediatría, Litiasis ureteral, Niños, Ureteroscopía, Complicaciones, Litotripsia |
| Keyword: | Medicine, Pediatrics, Surgery, Ureteral lithiasis, Children, Ureteroscopy, Complications, Lithotripsy |
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