Ureteroscopy: A Comprehensive Contemporary Guide

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This text provides a comprehensive and contemporary discussion of current indications, techniques, technology, and results in ureteroscopy from the world leaders who perform this procedure. It provides not only the latest literature and data regarding URS but also tips and tricks for the reader when performing various URS procedures. Historical prospective will link the reader with the past and provide insight as to why we have evolved into a minimally invasive specialty. Technological advancements of both flexible and rigid ureteroscopic procedures are included to provide the reader with many practical considerations when choosing this modality for their patients. Renowned experts in the field discuss the myriad of supplemental devices that accompany URS and how best to utilize them in one’s practice. Unique to this predominantly clinical text, are sections on simulation and the socioeconomics of URS that demonstrate how the student can learn and acquire techniques and skills of their own. Ureteroscopy: A Comprehensive Contemporary Guide provides its readers with a thorough and complete representation of the current state of URS and its applications and guide those interested in improving their techniques, armamentarium and horizons in this ever-changing world of minimally invasive urology. Front Matter ....Pages i-xviii The History of the Development of Ureteral Endoscopy (Demetrius H. Bagley, Brian Calio)....Pages 1-15 Indications for Ureteroscopy: Guidelines (Igor Sorokin, Margaret S. Pearle)....Pages 17-34 Flexible Ureteroscope Technology (Kymora B. Scotland, Jonathan R. Z. Lim, Ben H. Chew)....Pages 35-50 Radiation Safety During Surgery for Urolithiasis (Takaaki Inoue, Tadashi Matsuda)....Pages 51-62 Safety and Care of Ureteroscopic Instruments (Panagiotis Kallidonis, Mohammed Alfozan, Evangelos Liatsikos)....Pages 63-71 Single-Use Flexible Ureteroscopes (Brenton Winship, Michael Lipkin)....Pages 73-83 Devices for Stone Management (Robert C. Calvert)....Pages 85-99 Ho:YAG Laser Lithotripsy (Michael W. Sourial, Bodo E. Knudsen)....Pages 101-112 Ureteral Access Sheaths and Irrigation Devices (Karen L. Stern, Manoj Monga)....Pages 113-121 Quality of Life After Ureteroscopy (Blake Anderson, Joshua M. Heiman, Amy Krambeck)....Pages 123-139 Postoperative Care of the Ureteroscopy Patient (Itay M. Sabler, Ioannis Katafygiotis, Mordechai Duvdevani)....Pages 141-150 Complications of Ureteroscopy (Vincent De Coninck, Etienne Xavier Keller, Olivier Traxer)....Pages 151-168 Management of Urolithiasis in Pregnancy (Jennifer Bjazevic, John D. Denstedt)....Pages 169-187 Pediatric Ureteroscopy (John Barnard, Chad Crigger, Ali Hajiran, Osama Al-Omar, Michael Ost)....Pages 189-203 Ureteroscopic Management of Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma (Wesley Baas, Andrew Klein, Bradley F. Schwartz)....Pages 205-220 Simulation and Ureteroscopy (URS) (Dima Raskolnikov, Tony Chen, Robert M. Sweet)....Pages 221-237 Robotics and Ureteroscopy (Jens J. Rassweiler, Marcel Fiedler, Nikos Charalampogiannis, Ahmet Sinan Kabakci, Remzi Sağlam, Jan-Thorsten Klein)....Pages 239-257 Back Matter ....Pages 259-266