Which Flexible Ureteroscopes (Digital vs. Fiber-Optic) Can Easily Reach the Difficult Lower Pole Calices and Have Better End-Tip Deflection: In Vitro Study on K-Box. A PETRA Evaluation

Dragos L. B., Somani B. K., Sener E. T., Buttice S., Proietti S., Ploumidis A., ...Daha Fazla

JOURNAL OF ENDOUROLOGY, cilt.31, sa.7, ss.630-637, 2017 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 31 Sayı: 7
  • Basım Tarihi: 2017
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1089/end.2017.0109
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF ENDOUROLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.630-637
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: flexible ureteroscopes, end-tip deflection, acute angled calices, IRRIGATION FLOW, URETERORENOSCOPE
  • Marmara Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Background and Purpose: Modern flexible ureteroscopes (fURSs) have good deflection, but despite this, approaching an acute angled calix can still be difficult. The goals of our in vitro study were to assess the ability of the available modern fURSs to effectively access the sharp angled calices and to compare the end-tip deflection of the various fiber-optic and digital fURSs.