conference reports
Bilateral single procedure percutaneous nephrolithotomy
Monday, 2 November 2009- Unlike shock wave lithotripsy (SWL) or ureteroscopy, the percutaneous renal approach is not limited by stone size. However, the inherent complications of this technique, some of which really significant,...
Edited by: Joel Vega
Stone destruction using innovative low-energy laser shockwave mode
Monday, 26 October 2009- Using conventional systems for stone destruction such as Lithotripters, Ho:YAG lasers and similar technologies are proven to have significant disadvantages regarding efficacy and intra-operative...
Edited by: Joel Vega
A new thermosensitive polymer to prevent proximal ureteric stone retropulsion during intracorporeal lithotripsy
Friday, 22 May 2009- At the recent AUA Annual Meeting held in Chicago, USA, researchers from the UK, India and Canada presented findings from a randomised controlled prospective study using BackStop™ (Pluromed Inc, Woburn, MA), a...
Edited by: JV
Study suggests kidney stone, heart disease link
Thursday, 7 May 2009- Older women with kidney stones had a higher prevalence of cardiovascular disease than women without stones, according to a study presented during the recent American Urological Association meeting held in...
Edited by: JV
Percutaneous nephrolithotripsy in complex renal stones
Wednesday, 15 April 2009- A group of Swedish researchers evaluated the impact of an extended radiological preoperative planning with 3D CT in patients with complex renal stones.
Brehmer, M. et al., hypothesised that an extended...
Edited by: JV
Stone prevention programmes call for a sharper focus
Monday, 30 March 2009 - In view of a life-time risk of more than 10% to be afflicted by stone disease and an average recurrence risk of approximately 50%, it is obvious that risk-evaluation and recurrence prevention during...
Edited by: FGR
Use of a passive acoustic sensor to monitor ESWL outcome
Friday, 27 March 2009- An exciting and innovative sensor device to measure Extracorporeal Shock-Wave Lithotripsy (ESWL) has been developed by a team of medical physicists from Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust in...
Edited by: Joel Vega
Stone treatment: when to do or favour RIRS
Thursday, 26 March 2009- At the joint meeting of the EAU and the Indonesian Urological Association in Stockholm, Mr. Anup Patel (London, UK) gave his recommendations on when to perform percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) and...
By Joel Vega
One stage bilateral ureteroscopy proves to be safe and efficient
Tuesday, 6 January 2009 - Results of the research conducted by a team of urologists from Tanta University (Egypt) indicate that one stage bilateral ureteroscopy can provide a definitive treatment of patients with bilateral lower...
Edited by: ES
Tamsulosin increases stone clearance after SWL of renal stones
Thursday, 18 December 2008- In an abstract submitted during the23rd Annual Meeting of the Egyptian Urological Association held in Hurghada, Egypt, researchers said the use of α-blocker tamsulosin increases stone clearance after...
Edited by: JV
