Retrograde intrarenal surgery: Past, present, and future
With the recent technological advancements in endourology, retrograde intrarenal surgery has become a more popular procedure for treatment of urolithiasis. Furthermore, since the introduction of new laser systems and advanced flexible ureteroscopy with miniaturized ureteroscopes, the treatment indic...
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doaj-d2c43e917d084eb5b3749020804e6e612021-03-11T06:18:40ZengKorean Urological AssociationInvestigative and Clinical Urology2466-04932466-054X2021-03-0162212113510.4111/icu.20200526Retrograde intrarenal surgery: Past, present, and futureTakaaki Inoue0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6050-5452Shinsuke Okada1Shuzo Hamamoto2Masato Fujisawa3Department of Urology and Stone Center, Hara Genitourinary Hospital, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.Department of Urology, Gyotoku General Hospital, Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan.Department of Urology, Medical School, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.Department of Urology, Kobe University, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.With the recent technological advancements in endourology, retrograde intrarenal surgery has become a more popular procedure for treatment of urolithiasis. Furthermore, since the introduction of new laser systems and advanced flexible ureteroscopy with miniaturized ureteroscopes, the treatment indications for retrograde intrarenal surgery have expanded to include not only larger renal stones of >2 cm but also upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma, ureteral stricture, and idiopathic renal hematuria. Clinicians must keep up with these trends and make good use of these technologies in the rapidly changing field of endourology. Simultaneously, we must consider the risk of various complications including thermal injury due to laser use, ureteral injury caused by the ureteral access sheath, and radiation exposure during retrograde intrarenal surgery with fluoroscopic guidance. This review focuses on the past, present, and future of retrograde intrarenal surgery and provides many topics and clinical options for urologists to consider.https://www.icurology.org/pdf/10.4111/icu.20200526flexible ureteroscopykidney stonelaserretrograde intrarenal surgery |
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Retrograde intrarenal surgery: Past, present, and future |
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Retrograde intrarenal surgery: Past, present, and future |
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Korean Urological Association |
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Investigative and Clinical Urology |
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With the recent technological advancements in endourology, retrograde intrarenal surgery has become a more popular procedure for treatment of urolithiasis. Furthermore, since the introduction of new laser systems and advanced flexible ureteroscopy with miniaturized ureteroscopes, the treatment indications for retrograde intrarenal surgery have expanded to include not only larger renal stones of >2 cm but also upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma, ureteral stricture, and idiopathic renal hematuria. Clinicians must keep up with these trends and make good use of these technologies in the rapidly changing field of endourology. Simultaneously, we must consider the risk of various complications including thermal injury due to laser use, ureteral injury caused by the ureteral access sheath, and radiation exposure during retrograde intrarenal surgery with fluoroscopic guidance. This review focuses on the past, present, and future of retrograde intrarenal surgery and provides many topics and clinical options for urologists to consider. |
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flexible ureteroscopy kidney stone laser retrograde intrarenal surgery |
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