BACKGROUND Hepatobiliary stone disease involves an intrahepatic bile duct stone that occurs above the confluence of the right and left hepatic ducts.One-step percutaneous transhepatic cholangioscopic lithotripsy(PTCSL...
The holmium:yttrium aluminum garnet laser,the gold standard for lithotripsy,is widely used in various endourological fields.Their physical characteristics contribute to the Moses effect.This narrative review aimed to ...
We gratefully acknowledge the assistance of the statistical team of the CUC“City Multidisciplinary Hospital No.2,”RUDN,and the organizers of the“RUDN University Program 5-100.”。
Background There is limited published evidence regarding the incidence of intraoperative and postoperative events and the effect of percutaneous nephrolithotomy(PCNL)in supine and prone positions and laparoscopic pyel...
Supported by Fengtai District Commission of Health(Fengtai District Health System Science and Research Project NO.2023-81).
Coronary artery calcification is common in elderly,diabetic,and dialysis-dependent patients,poses a great challenge to interventional therapy and significantly increases the risk of complications and poor prognosis.[1...
Supported by The Key Medical Specialty Nurturing Program of Foshan During The 14th Five-Year Plan Period,No.FSPY145205;The Medical Research Project of Foshan Health Bureau,No.20230814A010024;The Guangzhou Science and Technology Plan Project,No.202102010251;the Guangdong Science and Technology Program,No.2017ZC0222.
BACKGROUND Biliary stone disease is a highly prevalent condition and a leading cause of hospitalization worldwide.Hepatolithiasis with associated strictures has high residual and recurrence rates after traditional mul...
Objective: Extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy (SWL) currently plays an important role in the treatment of urinary tract lithiasis. The purpose of this article was to describe new concepts and procedural strategies t...
This is a correction to:Qiu-Yue Tu,De-Liang Li,Dan Liu,Qing-Fen Zheng,Bing-Rong Liu,Choledocholithotripsy using peroral direct cholangioscopy through a standard gastroscope for a giant common bile duct stone:a case re...
BACKGROUND Gastric phytobezoars(GPBs)are very common in northern China.Combined therapy involving carbonated beverage consumption and endoscopic lithotripsy has been shown to be effective and safe.Existing studies on ...
Objective:The holmium:yttrium-aluminium-garnet laser(Ho:YAG)has been the gold standard for laser lithotripsy over the last three decades.After demonstrating good in vitro efficacy,the thulium fiber laser(TFL)has been ...
BACKGROUND Intravascular lithotripsy(IVL)is a novel technique increasingly used for plaque modification and endovascular revascularization in patients with severe calcification and peripheral artery disease.However,mu...