[FLEXIBLE NEPHSCOPY AND NEPHROLITOEXTRACTION IN A GASEOUS MEDIUM (CO2) IN A PATIENT WITH RESIDUAL CALCULI OF THE RIGHT KIDNEY]

Urologiia. 2015 Mar-Apr:(2):130-2.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

Flexible endoscopy is an integral part of modern endourology. However, the use of flexible endoscopes in a liquid medium predispose to some difficulties and disadvantages of this technique. This article presents a clinical observation of use of a flexible nephroscope for extraction of residual calculi in a gaseous medium (CO2) in a patient with residual calculi of the right kidney.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Carbon Dioxide / administration & dosage*
  • Endoscopy / methods*
  • Humans
  • Kidney Calculi / diagnosis
  • Kidney Calculi / diagnostic imaging
  • Kidney Calculi / therapy*
  • Lithotripsy / methods*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Tomography, Spiral Computed
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Carbon Dioxide