The comparison of ureteroscopy and ureterolithotomy for the treatment of large and impacted ureteral stones in the middle and upper part of ureter

SETB. 2014; 48(2): 120-4

doi: 10.5350/SEMB.20140429075756

Göksel Bayar, Umut Sarıoğulları, Hüseyin Acinikli, Mehmet Taşkıran, Elshad Abdullayev, Muammer Kendirci, Kaya Horasanli, Orhan Tanrıverdi.

Abstract
Objective: We aimed to research the most effective treatment method of the middle and upper ureteral impacted stones of which is 1.5-2 cm diameter size. Material and Method: Between 2000 and 2013, 75 patients who had impacted stone size of between 1.5-2cm at the middle and upper part of the ureter were examined. Patients had been analysed in terms of their demographical characteristics, stone size, hospitalization time, stone- free and complication rates. For statistical analysis Pearsons chi-square, Mann Whitney-U and student-t tests has applied. The significance level is determined as p Key words: Laparoscopic ureterolithotomy, open ureterolithotomy, ureteroscopy