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Pengbo Jiang1, Andrew Brevik1, Ralph V Clayman1
1Department of Urology, University of California - Irvine, 333 City Boulevard West, Suite 2100, Orange, CA 92868, USA.
Abstract:
Although percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) is less morbid than open surgery, it still carries risks of significant complications as well as injury to the renal parenchyma. Flexible ureteroscopic stone removal, although causes no appreciable damage to the renal parenchyma, has limitations, most notably, a lower stone-free rate than PCNL. Advances in our knowledge regarding ureteral physiology combined with technical developments applied to ureteral access sheath deployment and size may well propel retrograde intrarenal surgery to the forefront of kidney stone removal, regardless of stone size or location.
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