Abstract Treatment of urolithiasis, a benign disease, requires high efficacy and safety.
Endoscopic treatment of impacted ureteral stones remains a challenging procedure for …

Objectives To estimate the efficacy and safety of SuperPulsed thulium‐fiber laser ureteral
lithotripsy and to identify optimal laser settings. Methods Patients with solitary stones were …

Context The management of large ureteric stones represents a technical and clinical
challenge. Objective To investigate the safety and efficacy of minimally invasive surgical …

Purpose To describe stone-free rates and complications of ureteroscopic treatment for
impacted compared with non-impacted ureteral stones and evaluate predictive variables for …

Objective To evaluate the clinical significance of ureteral wall thickness (UWT) to predict the
presence of impacted stones in patients with ureteral stones undergoing ureteroscopic …

Objective: Perioperative complications are one of the surrogate indicators of surgical
outcomes. However, reporting these complications need a precise grading system. Our aim …

The purpose of the study was to investigate variables that may predict ureteral stone
impaction and create a new model to predict more accurately stone impaction based on …

Methods: In total, 151 patients with ureteral stones between 1 and 2 cm in diameter were
randomized into 3 groups (52 SWL, 51 laparoscopy and 48 retrograde intrarenal surgery …

Difficulty in performing ureteroscopic lithotripsy (URSL) depends on endoscopic findings
surrounding calculi. In this multicentre prospective cohort study of 185 patients with a single …

Background To develop and validate a practical nomogram for predicting the probability of
patients with impacted ureteral stone. Methods Between June 2020 to March 2021, 214 …