摘要
During the past 3 decades,the surgical management of kidney stones has undergone many technological advances and one is the development of the flexible ureteroscopy.The development of this instrument as well as ancillary equipment such as baskets,graspers,and others,and improvements in lithotripsy with Holmium:YAG laser have led to expand its indications with diagnostic and therapeutic management of medical issues of the upper urinary tract such as urolithiasis and urothelial tumors.The objective of this review is to describe its indications and results in the different scenarios for the treatment of urinary stones.
基金
supported by a Travel Grant from the University Hospital Zurich and a grant from the Kurt and Senta Herrmann Foundation
supported by a EUSP scholarship from the EAU and a grant from the Belgische Vereniging voor Urologie(BVU).
