Part One Past and Present
Chapter 1 History of Ureteroscopy
Michael E. Moran
Chapter 2 Ureteroscopy in 2012: The Scope of the Scope
Stephen Faddegon and Margaret S. Pearle
Part Two Evidence Based Outcomes for Ureteroscopy and Implications for Patient Selection
Chapter 3 Ureteroscopy for Lateralizing Hematuria
Nicholas N. Tadros and Michael J. Conlin
Chapter 4 Ureteropelvic Junction Obstruction
Mantu Gupta and Doh Yoon Cha
Chapter 5 Ureteral and Ureteroenteric Strictures
Ojas Shah and Tracy Marien
Chapter 6 Transitional Cell Cancer
Matthew H.C. Goh, Richard A.F. Pellatt, Francis X. Keeley Jr
Chapter 7 Ureteral Calculi
Sri Sivalingam and Stephen Y. Nakada
Chapter 8 Intrarenal Calculi
Ricardo D. Gonzalez and Benjamin K. Canales
Part Three Instrumentation for Ureteroscopy
Chapter 9 Flexible Ureteroscopes: Fiberoptic and Digital
Vincent G. Bird
Chapter 10 Guidewires and Angled Catheters
Nikhil Waingankar, Zeph Okeke, and Arthur D. Smith
Chapter 11 Ureteral Access Sheaths
Kendall J. Feia, Branden G. Duffey, J. Kyle Anderson
Chapter 12 Irrigation Systems and Irrigation Fluids
Renato Nardi Pedro
Chapter 13 Intracorporeal Lithotripsy: Electrohydraulic, Pneumatic & Ultrasonic
Joe Miller and Marshall L. Stoller
Chapter 14 Flexible Ureteroscopy: Holmium: YAG Laser And Optical Fibers
Bodo E. Knudsen
Chapter 15 Stone Migration Devices
Evgeniy Kreydin and Brian Eisner
Chapter 16 Stone Baskets and Forceps
Kirsten Foell, R. John D'A. Honey, Kenneth T. Pace
Chapter 17 Ureteral Stents
Ben H. Chew, Ryan F. Paterson, Dirk Lange
Part Four Step-by-Step Technique
Chapter 18 Informed Consent & Perioperative Antibiotics
Christopher L. Allam and J. Stuart Wolf, Jr.
Chapter 19 Ureteroscopy: Patient Positioning and Room Set-Up
Joseph A. Graversen, Debra Morrison, Jane Cho, Adam Kaplan, Corollos Abdelshehid, Achim Lusch, Michael A. Liss, Jaime Landman
Chapter 20 Radiation Safety during Ureteroscopy
D. Duane Baldwin and Don C. Arnold, II
Chapter 21 The Role of Pre-Stenting for Ureteroscopy
Samih Al-Hayek and Timothy D. Averch
Chapter 22 Semi-Rigid Ureteroscopy - The Cleveland Clinic Approach
Mark J. Noble and Wahib E. Isac
Chapter 23 Semi-Rigid Ureteroscopy Step-by-Step - The Tulane Approach
Christopher E. Keel and Raju Thomas
Chapter 24 Flexible Ureteroscopy - Access Sheath
Bodo E. Knudsen
Chapter 25 Flexible Ureteroscopy - Wireless and Sheathless
Jacob H. Cohen, Seth Cohen, Michael Grasso III
Chapter 26 Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma:
Ureteroscopic Biopsy and Specimen Preparation
Kelly A. Healy, Nir Kleinmann, Marluce Bibbo, Demetrius H. Bagley
Chapter 27 Laser Lithotripsy
Bingqing Wang, Jinze Qiu, Thomas E. Milner, and Joel M.H. Teichman
Chapter 28 Laser Applications, Tumor and Stricture
Adam B. Shrewsberry, Daniel J. Canter, Kenneth Ogan
Chapter 29 Ureteral Stenting or No Stenting
Seth A. Cohen and Roger L. Sur
Chapter 30 Medical Therapy for Stent Discomfort
Zachariah G. Goldsmith, Michael E. Lipkin, Glenn M. Preminger
Chapter 31 Post-Operative Imaging
Gary J. Faerber
Part Five Complex Cases
Chapter 32 Ureteroscopic Management of Stones during Pregnancy
Vernon M. Pais Jr.
Chapter 33 Complex Anatomy: Horseshoe, Pelvic and Malrotated Kidneys
Naeem Bhojani and James E. Lingeman
Chapter 34 Complex Ureteral Access: Transplants, Diversions & Duplications
John D. Denstedt and Andrew Fuller
Chapter 35 Medical Comorbidities: Anticoagulation and Obesity
Elias S. Hyams and Brian R. Matlaga
Chapter 36 Intrarenal Stenosis and Stones: Calyceal Diverticulum and Infundibular Stenosis
Steven G. Koopman and Gerhard J. Fuchs
Part Six Co
About the Author:
Manoj Monga, MD
Director, Stevan Streem Center for Endourology & Stone Disease
Professor, Department of Urology Glickman Urological & Kidney Institure The Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH
USA