Is stenting required before retrograde intrarenal surgery with access sheath

Background: Flexible ureterorenoscopies continue to assume an increasing role in the armamentarium of the endourologist. In many centers around the world, prior stenting is carried out before retrograde intrarenal surgery (RIRS) to passively dilate the ureter, which facilitates passage of a flexible...

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Main Authors: P M Mahajan, A S Padhye, A A Bhave, Y B Sovani, Y B Kshirsagar, S S Bapat
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2009-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Urology
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Online Access:http://www.indianjurol.com/article.asp?issn=0970-1591;year=2009;volume=25;issue=3;spage=326;epage=328;aulast=Mahajan