URETERAL STENTS AND FLEXIBLE URETERORENOSCOPY

Authors
Citation
Kk. Pang et Gj. Fuchs, URETERAL STENTS AND FLEXIBLE URETERORENOSCOPY, Journal of endourology, 7(2), 1993, pp. 145-149
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Urology & Nephrology
Journal title
ISSN journal
08927790
Volume
7
Issue
2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
145 - 149
Database
ISI
SICI code
0892-7790(1993)7:2<145:USAFU>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
Numerous methods of dilating the intramural ureter for ureteroscopy ar e effective when used by experts, but none is ideal. In the authors' e xperience, a ureteral stent left indwelling for 1 or, better, 2 weeks usually is the safest, most reliable, and least traumatic method.