PURPOSE: Our aim is to evaluate different ureteral access sheaths (UASs), which are available in the international market and their compatibility with different available flexible ureteroscopes (F-URSs) to help the urologist choose the proper ureteral access sheath for his or her endoscope before commencing the procedure. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 21 UASs and 12 F-URSs were evaluated. Measurements were obtained in French (F) units considering different characteristics for each UAS and each F-URS. Insertion test without friction between F-URS and UAS was considered as a successful test and was referred as (YES). RESULTS: All UASs and F-URSs were successfully submitted to the insertion test. All F-URSs that were inserted into UASs without friction had an internal diameter of at least 12F. Different lengths of UAS did not influence the test outcome. CONCLUSION: This study was able to establish a correlation table between different UASs and different flexible ureteroscopes. As of now, the 12/14F UAS is considered the universal UAS that accepts all F-URSs that are available in the endourology field. Nevertheless, we are expecting a significant change with the new standard size 10/12F UAS as well as huge advances in minimizing the size of different endoscopes.
PURPOSE: Our aim is to evaluate different ureteral access sheaths (UASs), which are available in the international market and their compatibility with different available flexible ureteroscopes (F-URSs) to help the urologist choose the proper ureteral access sheath for his or her endoscope before commencing the procedure. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 21 UASs and 12 F-URSs were evaluated. Measurements were obtained in French (F) units considering different characteristics for each UAS and each F-URS. Insertion test without friction between F-URS and UAS was considered as a successful test and was referred as (YES). RESULTS: All UASs and F-URSs were successfully submitted to the insertion test. All F-URSs that were inserted into UASs without friction had an internal diameter of at least 12F. Different lengths of UAS did not influence the test outcome. CONCLUSION: This study was able to establish a correlation table between different UASs and different flexible ureteroscopes. As of now, the 12/14F UAS is considered the universal UAS that accepts all F-URSs that are available in the endourology field. Nevertheless, we are expecting a significant change with the new standard size 10/12F UAS as well as huge advances in minimizing the size of different endoscopes.
Authors: Olivier Traxer; Gunnar Wendt-Nordahl; Hiren Sodha; Jens Rassweiler; Shimon Meretyk; Ahmet Tefekli; Fernando Coz; Jean J de la Rosette Journal: World J Urol Date: 2015-05-14 Impact factor: 4.226
Authors: Nicholas J Rukin; Bhaskar K Somani; Jake Patterson; Ben R Grey; William Finch; Sam McClinton; Bo Parys; Graham Young; Haider Syed; Andy Myatt; Azi Samsudin; John A Inglis; Daron Smith Journal: Cent European J Urol Date: 2015-11-20