Efficacy of a basket catheter used in transurethral lithotripsy

• Published in: Hinyokika kiyo. Acta urologica Japonica Vol. 59; no. 5; pp. 283 - 285
• Main Authors: Hatanaka, Yuji, Yasuda, Muneo, Saitou, Yoshitaka, Imanishi, Masaaki
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Japanese
• 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

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...