Characteristics of current digital single-use flexible ureteroscopes versus their reusable counterparts: an in-vitro comparative analysis

Dragos L. B., Somani B. K., Keller E. X., De Coninck V. M. J., Herrero M. R., Kamphuis G. M., ...Daha Fazla

TRANSLATIONAL ANDROLOGY AND UROLOGY, cilt.8, 2019 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 8
  • Basım Tarihi: 2019
  • Doi Numarası: 10.21037/tau.2019.09.17
  • Dergi Adı: TRANSLATIONAL ANDROLOGY AND UROLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Single-use, reusable, digital flexible ureteroscopes, STONE DISEASE, ROBOFLEX AVICENNA, OUTCOMES, URETERORENOSCOPY, LITHOVUE(TM), TRENDS
  • Marmara Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Background: Single-use flexible ureterorenoscopes (fURSs) have been recently introduced aiming to offer solutions to the sterilization, fragility and cost issues of the reusable fURSs. In order to be a viable alternative, the single-use scopes must prove similar capabilities when compared to their reusable counterparts. The goal of our in-vitro study was to compare the current reusable and single-use digital fURSs regarding their deflection, irrigation and vision characteristics.