BILATERAL SAME SESSION URETEROSCOPY

During a period of 4 years we performed 15 bilateral 1-session uretero scopic examinations in 13 patients. Indications included bilateral ure teral and/or renal calculi, unexplained hydronephrosis, hematuria or f illing defects, and bilateral ureteral stent placement in situations w hen conventional retrograde methods of stent placement failed. Balloon or hydraulic intramural ureteral dilation was performed in all cases before rigid or flexible endoscopy. There were no major short-term or long-term complications resulting from bilateral 1-session ureteroscop y.