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Treatment of upper ureteral stones
R Sanseverino1, F Canton, M Salas
1Department of Urology and Transplantation, Hôpital Edouard-Herriot, Lyon, France.
European Urology
|January 1, 1988
Abstract:
From September 1984 to March 1986, 70 patients with upper ureteral stones were treated in our institution. 43 patients underwent endoscopic procedures including retrograde ureterorenoscopy, antegrade ureterorenoscopy and percutaneous surgery. A second group of 27 patients was treated by extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL). The overall success rate was 74.5 and 85% for the endoscopic and the ESWL groups, respectively. Obstruction and dilatation of the renal collecting system seemed to play a major role in the failure of either endoscopic or ESWL treatment.