The “old” 15 mm renal stone size limit for RIRS remains a clinically significant threshold size

Purpose To investigate the performance of retrograde intrarenal surgery (RIRS) for the 1–2 cm renal stone size range in comparison to smaller stones. Materials and methods From a data base of 3000 ureteroscopies between 2004 and 2014, 635 consecutive patients underwent RIRS for renal stones. Patient...

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Veröffentlicht in:	World journal of urology 2017-12, Vol.35 (12), p.1947-1954
Hauptverfasser:	Goldberg, Hanan, Golomb, Dor, Shtabholtz, Yariv, Tapiero, Shlomi, Creiderman, German, Shariv, Avi, Baniel, Jack, Lifhshitz, David
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Age Factors Aged Clinical significance Data processing Female Humans Israel - epidemiology Kidney Calculi - diagnostic imaging Kidney Calculi - pathology Kidney Calculi - surgery Kidney stones Kidneys Length of Stay Lithiasis Male Medicine Medicine & Public Health Middle Aged Nephrology Oncology Operative Time Original Article Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care) Postoperative Complications - diagnosis Postoperative Complications - etiology Surgery Ureterolithiasis - diagnosis Ureterolithiasis - epidemiology Ureterolithiasis - surgery Ureteroscopy - adverse effects Ureteroscopy - methods Urology
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Zusammenfassung:	Purpose To investigate the performance of retrograde intrarenal surgery (RIRS) for the 1–2 cm renal stone size range in comparison to smaller stones. Materials and methods From a data base of 3000 ureteroscopies between 2004 and 2014, 635 consecutive patients underwent RIRS for renal stones. Patients were divided to three groups according to their renal stone size (
ISSN:	0724-4983 1433-8726
DOI:	10.1007/s00345-017-2075-8