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Maria Grazia Scuderi1, Francisca Yankovic, Neil Featherstone, Naima Smeulders.
Abstract
We report a case of a 7-year-old boy with a voluminous 8.5-cm "cobra-head" calculus in a duplex system ureterocele causing flank pain, hematuria, and infection. Combined cysto-ureteroscopy and percutaneous cystolithotomy enables dependent ureterocele incision along its inferolateral border and efficient stone clearance in a single minimally invasive procedure. Protracted and repeated urethral instrumentation is avoided.Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID: 23627923 DOI: 10.1089/lap.2012.0495
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A ISSN: 1092-6429 Impact factor: 1.878