Ureteroscopy (URS), although a minimally invasive endoscopic procedure, can have a substantial impact on quality of life for patients. Patient and operative factors, as well as stenting, may lead to very different patient experiences. Traditionally, opioid pain medications have been a mainstay for ...
"While CBD oil appears safe, it does not seem to reduce pain or discomfort during the typically brief recovery period after this common procedure,” says Karen Stern, MD. Cannabidiol (CBD) oil was found to have no advantage over placebo in reducing pain following ureteroscopy (URS) and stent...
Ureteroscopy is a minimally invasive procedure to address kidney stones. Learn more about the procedure and what to expect from Children’s Health.
Moreover, ureteroscopy is a minimally invasive (MI) medical procedure that is mainly used for kidney stone surgery and the diagnosis of kidney stones as well as other urinary tract diseases. Thus, the increase in the demand for ureteroscopy for diagnosing and treating patients with kidney diseases...
However, most of the time, all the micro-fragments and dust created cannot be extracted using our surgical tools and may stay intra-renally at the end of the procedure. Adjuvant treatments (such as forced diuresis, inversion or mechanical pressure) were previously described to improve the ...
The mean operative time was 29.2 minutes (range 15-60). The successful fragmentation rate in the ureteroscopic procedure was 93.9% (46 of 49), and the overall stone-free rate was 88.9% (24 of 27). Shock wave lithotripsy was used in 3 patients after recovery of renal function. Of the ...
take more intra operative time in Flexible URS group than in Mini-PCNL group,- but more hospitalization in Mini- PCNL group than Single Use Flexible URS group.There is no statistically significant difference between 2 groups in the need for double J stent or auxiliar...