Percutaneous antegrade fiberoptic ureterorenoscopic treatment of ureteral calculi

Treatment of upper ureteral calculi can be accomplished by various endourological techniques and/or extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy. Percutaneous fiberoptic treatment of upper ureteral stones provides an alternative especially suited as second line treatment in cases when extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy failed. Usually, these patients will present with impacted ureteral stones. Our first experiences with 8 stones in 7 patients to date proved this technique to be safe and reliable, with no complications encountered on excretory urography 3 months postoperatively.