Inadvertent Stone Migration During Pneumatic Lithotripsy: Still a Conundrum in the 21st Century

Authors

Ali Akbar Zehri, Aga Khan UniversityFollow
Miten Patel, Aga Khan UniversityFollow
Philip Adebayo, Aga Khan UniversityFollow
Authar Ali, Aga Khan UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Department

Internal Medicine (East Africa)

Abstract

Currently, an ideal gadget to stop retrograde stone migration remains a holy grail, and the hunt for such a device is still ongoing in the 21st century. The quest for an ideal instrument is driven by the need to reduce cost, minimize ancillary procedure rates, reduce the device's operative time, and improve the stone-free rate. The purpose of the present review is to provide an update on the use of preventive measures that are used to stop retrograde stone migration during pneumatic lithotripsy for ureteric stone management.

Publication (Name of Journal)

Cureus

Recommended Citation

Zehri, A. A., Patel, M., Adebayo, P. B., & Ali, A. (2020). Inadvertent stone migration during pneumatic lithotripsy: still a conundrum in the 21st century. Cureus, 12(9).