The glue-clot technique: a new technique description for small calyceal stone fragments removal

• DOI: 10.1007/s00240-014-0679-7
• Publication Date: 2014-07-08T09:21:11Z
• Authors: J. Cloutier; E. R. Cordeiro; G. M. Kamphuis; L. Villa; J. Letendre; J. J. de la Rosette; Olivier Traxer
• Keywords: Agglutination; Kidney Calculi; 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; Ureteroscopy; Humans; Blood Coagulation; Kidney Calices

During the last 20 years, the technology advancement of small flexible ureterorenoscopes has dramatically changed the management of renal calculi. Retrograde intrarenal surgery (RIRS) has currently a high impact on active stone treatment, and it is increasingly used worldwide. Nevertheless, kidney stone fragmentation and direct removal of fragments require many passages of the ureteroscope, is often time-consuming, and may be very difficult through anatomical and technical factors. We describe a simple, feasible and efficient technique for small stone fragments retrieval, which are often difficult to remove during RIRS.