Document Type
Article
Department
General Surgery (East Africa); 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.
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.,
Patel, M.,
Adebayo, P.,
Ali, A.
(2020). Inadvertent Stone Migration During Pneumatic Lithotripsy: Still a Conundrum in the 21st Century. Cureus, 12(9), 1-5.
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