Single-Use Ureteroscopes

Brooke Moore; Silvia Proietti; Guido Giusti; Brian H Eisner

doi:10.1016/j.ucl.2018.12.002

Single-Use Ureteroscopes

Urol Clin North Am. 2019 May;46(2):165-174. doi: 10.1016/j.ucl.2018.12.002.

Authors

Brooke Moore¹, Silvia Proietti², Guido Giusti², Brian H Eisner³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Urology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, GRB 1102, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
² Department of Urology, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Ville Turro Division, Milan, Italy.
³ Department of Urology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, GRB 1102, Boston, MA 02114, USA. Electronic address: beisner@mgh.harvard.edu.

PMID: 30961850
DOI: 10.1016/j.ucl.2018.12.002

Abstract

A PubMed search using the terms "single use" and "ureteroscope" was performed to identify published studies on this topic. In addition, the abstracts of the annual meeting of the World Congress of Endourology and the American Urologic Association since 2010 were reviewed. Here we present a review of published studies on single-use ureteroscopes.

Keywords: Kidney stones; Reusable; Single-use; Ureteroscopy.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Disposable Equipment / trends*
Humans
Ureteroscopes / trends*
Ureteroscopy / instrumentation*
Urologic Diseases / diagnosis
Urologic Diseases / surgery*