Archivio italiano di urologia, andrologia : organo ufficiale [di] Società italiana di ecografia urologica e nefrologica / Associazione ricerche in urologia
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Arch Ital Urol Androl · Sep 2011
Incidence of ureteral stricture after ureterorenoscopic pneumatic lithotripsy for distal ureteral calculi.
We investigated the incidence of ureteral stricture in patients treated with ureterorenoscopic pneumatic lithotripsy for distal ureteral calculi. ⋯ The results of our study have demonstrated that the success rate was not related to the stone dimension, but the time of operation was found to be increased with larger stones. Main risk factors for formation of ureteral stricture were impacted ureteral calculi and reasons which merits double-J catheter placement like mucosal damage, perforation, impacted calculi and high stone burden.