Lower Pole Stones Are Associated with Low Stone-Free Rates in Retrograde Intrarenal Surgery: A Myth or Fact? – A Matched Case-Control Study from the RIRSearch Group
Stone-free rates and complications were comparable between the patients with lower pole and pelvic stones after RIRS. However, lower pole stones are associated with longer fluoroscopy time. RIRS can be performed effectively for the treatment of lower pole stones.
Authors
- Haluk Akpınar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6648-5202)
- Cenk Murat Yazıcı (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6140-5181)
- Duygu Sıddıkoğlu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5093-7948)
- Oktay Özman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2499-8947)
- Cem Başataç (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5310-3359)
- Kerem Teke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9030-4662)
- Eyüp Burak Sancak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4154-2052)
- Bülent Önal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0540-2693)
- Murat Akgül (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6187-1940)
- Barbaros Başeskioğlu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6965-4745)
- Önder Çınar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0107-5843)
- Muhammed Fatih Simsekoglu
- Hakan Çakır (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5299-9395)
- Mustafa Bilal Tuna (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2845-9801)
Institutions
- Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi (TR)
- Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University (TR)
- Acıbadem University (TR)
- Eskişehir City Hospital (TR)
- Istanbul Florence Nightingale Hospital (TR)
- Ümraniye Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi (TR)
- Memorial Sisli Hospital (TR)
- Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa (TR)
- Samsun University (TR)
- Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi (TR)
- Istanbul Memorial Hospital (TR)
- Kocaeli Üniversitesi (TR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Urologia Internationalis
- Published
- 2024-09-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000541253
- Primary Topic
- Kidney Stones and Urolithiasis Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00