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Purpose To directly compare intraoperative and post-operative outcomes and complications between three groups undergoing ureteroscopy: no ureteral access sheath, 12/14 Fr and larger 14/16 Fr ureteral access sheaths (UAS). Methods We retrospectively reviewed demographic, pre-operative, intraoperative, and post-operative data of 257 patients who underwent ureteroscopy for nephrolithiasis by a single...
We previously showed that urological outreach clinics significantly increase access to urological clinical care in rural populations. How such clinics affect access to urological procedural care is unknown. In this study we analyzed the use of outreach facilities for outpatient hospital based urological procedural care in a rural state.Using information from the Office of Statewide Clinical Education...
A 60-year-old male was found to have an 8.0 cm left renal mass and associated renal vein thrombus on computed tomography. The thrombus extended 3 mm beyond the right aortic border to within 1.6 cm of the left border of the inferior vena cava. The patient underwent left nephrectomy with renal vein thrombectomy using a hand-assisted laparoscopic approach. The tumor thrombus was “milked” proximally back...
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