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Endoscopic replacement of the amplatz sheath with a larger one, for larger stone fragments extraction
Mohammed Lezrek1, Abdelghani Ammani, Khalil Bazine
1Department of Urology, Military Hospital Moulay Ismail , Méknes, Morocco. lezrekmohamed@yahoo.com
Journal of Endourology
|July 30, 2011
Abstract:
We present a technique to replace a 24F with a 30F working sheath during percutaneous renal surgery, for larger stone fragments extraction. To gain time, the 30F sheath is directly glided over the 24F sheath under endoscopic control, without radiation exposure.
