Intracorporeal Lithotripsy Workup

  • Author: Michael Grasso III, MD; Chief Editor: Bradley Fields Schwartz, DO, FACS   more...
 
Updated: Aug 4, 2011
 

Laboratory Studies

No specific laboratory tests are required beyond those associated with the endoscopy, ie, coagulation profile, CBC count with a platelet count, electrolytes, BUN, and creatinine.

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Author

Michael Grasso III, MD  Director of Endourology, Lenox Hill Hospital; Professor and Vice Chairman, Department of Urology, New York Medical College

Michael Grasso III, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Medical Association, American Urological Association, Endourological Society, Medical Society of the State of New York, National Kidney Foundation, Société Internationale d'Urologie (International Society of Urology), and Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons

Disclosure: Karl Storz Endoscopy Consulting fee Consulting; Boston Scientific Consulting fee Consulting; Cook Urologic Consulting fee Consulting

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Andrew Ira Fishman, MD  Staff Physician, Department of Urology, Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Center

Andrew Ira Fishman, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Medical Association and American Urological Association

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Keith T Tracy, MD  Staff Physician, Department of Urology, New York Medical College, Westchester Medical Center

Keith T Tracy, MD is a member of the following medical societies: Alpha Omega Alpha, American Medical Association, and American Urological Association

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Specialty Editor Board

Erik T Goluboff, MD  Professor, Department of Urology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons; Director of Urology, Allen Pavilion, New York Presbyterian Hospital

Erik T Goluboff, MD is a member of the following medical societies: Alpha Omega Alpha, American Medical Association, American Urological Association, Medical Society of the State of New York, New York Academy of Medicine, Phi Beta Kappa, and Society for Basic Urologic Research

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Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD  Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy; Editor-in-Chief, Medscape Drug Reference

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J Stuart Wolf Jr, MD, FACS  The David A Bloom Professor of Urology, Director, Division of Endourology and Stone Disease, Department of Urology, University of Michigan Medical School

J Stuart Wolf Jr, MD, FACS is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Surgeons, American Urological Association, Catholic Medical Association, Endourological Society, Society for Urology and Engineering, Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, Society of University Urologists, and Society of Urologic Oncology

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Chief Editor

Bradley Fields Schwartz, DO, FACS  Professor of Urology, Director, Center for Laparoscopy and Endourology, Department of Surgery, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine

Bradley Fields Schwartz, DO, FACS is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Surgeons, American Urological Association, Association of Military Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons, Endourological Society, Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, and Society of University Urologists

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Acknowledgments

Medscape Reference thanks Dennis G Lusaya, MD, Associate Professor II, Department of Surgery (Urology), University of Santo Tomas; Head of Urology Unit, Benavides Cancer Institute, University of Santo Tomas Hospital; Chief of Urologic Oncology, St Luke’s Medical Center Global City, Philippines, for the video contribution to this article.

Medscape Reference also thanks Edgar V Lerma, MD, FACP, FASN, FAHA, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Section of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine; Research Director, Internal Medicine Training Program, Advocate Christ Medical Center; Consulting Staff, Associates in Nephrology, SC, for his assistance with the video contribution to this article.

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Staghorn renal calculus is noted on plain radiograph of the abdomen.
Intravenous pyelography defines a functioning kidney with a large branching intrarenal stone burden.
Treatment was based on percutaneous access and rigid endoscopic lithotripsy to clear the central stone burden with the hollow core ultrasonic lithotripter. On this image, a flexible nephroscope and holmium laser were also used to address portions of the stone burden inaccessible to the rigid equipment.
This is an endoscopic image of a holmium laser fiber fragmenting a stone burden.
Ureteroscopy and laser lithotripsy. Video courtesy of Dennis G Lusaya, MD, and Edgar V Lerma, MD.
 
 
 
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