Role and Efficacy of Percutaneous 4.5‐Fr Semi‐Rigid Ureteroscope While Creating Through‐And‐Through Guidewire Passage During Minimally Invasive Endoscopic Combined Intrarenal Surgery in the Supine Position; Retrospective Study at a Single Institution
Percutaneous 4.5-rURS assistance facilitated successful T&TGW in cases of failed access under retrograde fURS-assisted fluoroscopic guidance in supine mini-ECIRS and a useful option to find a migrated guidewire in the wrong direction.
Authors
- Masaichiro Fujita
- Shinsuke Okada (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0215-2617)
- Fukashi Yamamichi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2162-7756)
- Shuzo Hamamoto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9968-7468)
- Naoto Tanaka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2207-7119)
- Hideaki Miyake (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0563-4160)
- Takaaki Inoue (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8818-952X)
Institutions
- Nagoya City University (JP)
- Eiju General Hospital (JP)
- Kobe University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Urology
- Published
- 2025-05-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/iju.70099
- Primary Topic
- Kidney Stones and Urolithiasis Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00