Efficacy of a basket catheter used in transurethral lithotripsy

Between January 2005 and August 2010, transurethral lithotripsy (TUL) was performed in 117 patients with upper urinary tract stones. TUL was performed without the basket catheter ZeroTipTM in 50 patients (group A) and with ZeroTip TM in 67 patients (group B). There was no significant difference in t...

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Published inHinyokika kiyo. Acta urologica Japonica Vol. 59; no. 5; pp. 283 - 285
Main Authors Hatanaka, Yuji, Yasuda, Muneo, Saitou, Yoshitaka, Imanishi, Masaaki
Format Journal Article
LanguageJapanese
Published Japan 01.05.2013
Subjects
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Catheters
Female
Humans
Lithotripsy - instrumentation
Lithotripsy - methods
Male
Middle Aged
Quality of Life
Treatment Outcome
Urinary Calculi - therapy
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Summary:Between January 2005 and August 2010, transurethral lithotripsy (TUL) was performed in 117 patients with upper urinary tract stones. TUL was performed without the basket catheter ZeroTipTM in 50 patients (group A) and with ZeroTip TM in 67 patients (group B). There was no significant difference in the successful stone disintegration rate between group A (86%) and group B (90%). However, the postoperative successful stone-free rate was 76 and 88% (p＝0.04) in groups A and B, respectively, and the intraoperative successful stone-free rate was 43 and 71% (p＝0.002), respectively. Intraoperative ureteral stents were placed in 62 and 46% of the patients in groups A and B (p＝0.004), respectively. By successfully becoming stone-free with this procedure, the need of ureteral stent placement decreased, thereby reducing the postoperative cases of irritable bladder caused by a ureteral catheter, and contributing to improvement of the patient's quality of life.
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ISSN:0018-1994