Endoureteral lithotripsy: influence factors originated from ureteral diseases
WANG Gu-feng
(Department of Urology, Liuzhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine,Guanxi,545001)
LIU Shi-gui
(Department of Urology, Liuzhou Steel-Iron Group Hospital, Liuzhou,Guanxi)
Abstract Purpose: To understand the influence of ureteral diseases to the therapeutical effects of endoureteral lithotripsy. Methods: 126 cases of the ureteral calculi were treated by means of transurethral ureteroscopy ballast lithotripay. Ureteral diseases were observed through endoscopy during operation and image. Results: The cure rate of stones in the upper segment was 81%, and that of middle and distal stones was 96%. Conclusions: The ureteral diseases, such as ureter expansion, tortuousness and fold that due to obstruction, encapsulation of the calculi by granulation tissue or inflammatory ureteral polypi and stricture, etc, are the main causes. Different methods should be applied to increase the cure rate.
Key words Ureteroscopy lithtripay Ureteral disease Ureteral stone