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Published in: Urolithiasis 1/2015

01-02-2015 | Letter to the Editor

Double ureteral access sheath (UAS) technique for complicated distal ureteral stone

Authors: Takashi Kawahara, Hiroki Ito, Hideyuki Terao, Hiroji Uemura, Yoshinobu Kubota, Junichi Matsuzaki

Published in: Urolithiasis | Issue 1/2015

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Ureteral access sheaths (UASs) are useful devices for decreasing intrarenal irrigation pressure and allow for easy control during flexible uretersocopy (URS). We herein report a case of lower ureteral stonesin which we used a double UAS technique, as the guide wire could not be inserted under retrograde cystoscopic guidance, and successfully treated the patient with ureteroscopic lithotripsy using a holmium: yttrium aluminum garnet laser (Ho:YAG) lithotripter. …
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Boddy SA, Nimmon CC, Jones S, Ramsay JW, Britton KE, Levison DA, Whitifield HN (1988) Acute ureteric dilatation for ureteroscopy. Exp study Br J Urol 61:27–31CrossRef
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Kawahara T, Ito H, Terao H, Kakizoe M, Kato Y, Uemura H, Kubota Y, Matsuzaki J (2013) Early ureteral catheter removal after ureteroscopic lithotripsy using ureteral access sheath. Urolithiasis 41:31–35PubMedCrossRef
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Title
Double ureteral access sheath (UAS) technique for complicated distal ureteral stone
Authors
Takashi Kawahara
Hiroki Ito
Hideyuki Terao
Hiroji Uemura
Yoshinobu Kubota
Junichi Matsuzaki
Publication date
01-02-2015
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Urolithiasis / Issue 1/2015
Print ISSN: 2194-7228
Electronic ISSN: 2194-7236
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00240-014-0735-3

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