Integrated retrograde and antegrade contact electro-impulse lithotripsy in the treatment of kidneys and ureteropelvic junction stones
Journal: Urology Herald
Year: 2021

Introduction. Nowadays, the tactics of removing stones from the kidneys and the ureteropelvic junction are widely covered and described in detail in modern guidelines. Determination of one or another treatment way depends on stone specific features and patient`s constitutional peculiarities. However, usage of percutaneous or retrograde access only does not always allow achieving a good result. In sophisticated cases, such as a large-size branchy renal stone, a “penetrated” stone in the ureter’s