| Literature DB >> 2900041 |
M J Coptcoat1, K T Ison, G Watson, J E Wickham.
Abstract
The pulsed dye laser has proved to be an effective and safe method of treating ureteric stones; 120 patients have been treated. Ureteroscopic lasertripsy (107 cases) had an overall success rate of 84%. The failures were due to mobile stones inadvertently flushed back into the kidney (14%) and 2% of patients required open ureterolithotomy after failure of two ureteroscopic procedures. "Blind" lasertripsy (13 cases) was safe but not as efficient, the success rate being only 23%.Entities:
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Year: 1988 PMID： 2900041 DOI： 10.1111/j.1464-410x.1988.tb05085.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Br J Urol ISSN： 0007-1331