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We’ve curated an ever-changing collection of videos, editorials, white papers and more–many narrated and authored by practicing urologists. Stay up to date on stone management best practices, efficiencies and innovations that have the potential to transform your practice.
 

Assessing Effects of Intrarenal Pressure and Mitigating Postoperative Kidney Pain

 
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Amy E. Krambeck, MD Professor of Urology, Chief of the Division of Endourology, Northwestern Medicine

 

 

Case Videos

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Difficult Percutaneous Access

Guido Kamphuis, MD, MSc, from the Academisch Medisch Centrum (AMC), Amsterdam in the Netherlands, shares a PCNL case study focusing on difficult percutaneous access.

 

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Treating Large or Complex Urolithiasis with Endoscopic Combined Intrarenal Surgery (ECIRS)

Cesare Marco Scoffone, MD, Director of Urology Department & Cicilia Maria Cracco, MD, Urologist, Cottolengo Hospital of Torino, Italy

 

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Simultaneous Bilateral Endoscopic Surgery (SBES) for Renal Stones

Guido Giusti, MD & Silvia Proietti, MD, Department of Urology, Ospedale San Raffaele Hospital, Italy

 

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Four Techniques for Placing a Ureteral Stent

Ben H. Chew, MD, Associate Professor of Urology, Vancouver, Canada

 

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Imaging for Challenging Cases and Options for Treatment

Oliver Wiseman, MB BChir, MA, FRCS (Urol), Consultant Urologist, Cambridge University Hospitals, NHS Trust, United Kingdom

 

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Managing Patients with Cystinuria

Kay Thomas, MBBS, MD, FRCS (Urol) & Matthew Bultitude, MBBS, MSc, FRCS (Urol), Urology Department, Guy’s and St. Thomas’ Hospital, United Kingdom

 

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Managing Radiation

Michael Lipkin, MD, Associate Professor of Urology, Duke University Medical Center, USA

 

Michael-Palese

Management of Transplant Nephrolithiasis

Michael Palese, MD, Chairman of Urology, Mount Sinai and Beth Israel Hospitals & Alexander Small, MD, Assistance Professor of Urology, Montefiore Health System, USA

 

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Percutaneous Diverticulum (Perc-Tic) Renal Access Technique

Amy E. Krambeck, MD, Northwestern Medicine & Michael O. Koch, Professor of Urology, Indiana University, USA

 

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Reconstruction Cases: Antegrade and Retrograde URS - Part 1

Oliver Wiseman, MB BChir, MA, FRCS (Urol), Consultant Urologist, Cambridge University Hospitals, NHS Trust, United Kingdom

 

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Reconstruction Cases: Antegrade and Retrograde URS - Part 2

Oliver Wiseman, MB BChir, MA, FRCS (Urol), Consultant Urologist, Cambridge University Hospitals, NHS Trust, United Kingdom

 

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Robotic Surgery in Urology

Adam G. Kaplan, MD, Urologist, St. Joseph Health Medical Group, Director of Robotic Surgery, Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, USA

 

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Retrograde Intrarenal Surgery (RIRS) Using a Flexible Ureteroscope Combined with 16F MINI-PCNL

Raymond Ko, MBBS (Hons), FRACS (Urol), Urologist, Clinical Senior Lecturer, University of Sydney, Macquarie University, Australia

 

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Hypercalciuria

Igor Sorokin, MD, UMass Medical Group, University of Massachusetts, USA

 

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Treating a Large Stone Diverticulum in a Patient with a Duplicated Collecting System

Daniel Wollin, MD, MS, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, USA

 

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Access Through Obstructed Ureters

Ben H. Chew, MD, Associate Professor of Urology, University of British Columbia, Canada

 

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Treatment of Urinary Stones in Patients with Spinal Deformities

Ioannis Kartalas Goumas, MD, Chief of Endourology Division, Vimercate Hospital, Italy

 

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Ureteroscopy for a Large Lower Pole Stone and Narrow Infundibulum

Julio G. Davalos, MD, Director, Advanced Kidney Stone Program, Chesapeake Urology, USA

 

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Urine Alkalinization for Kidney Stones

Tim Large, MD, Assistant Professor of Urology, Indiana University School of Medicine, USA

 

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Using an Access Sheath in a Patient with Medullary Sponge Kidney Disease

Nicole Miller, MD, FACS, Professor, Department of Urologic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, USA

 

News

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Urology Times: Experts Stress Individualization of Cases, Reviewing Risk Factors for Sepsis After Ureteroscopy

Naeem Bhojani, MD, Associate Professor of Urology, Montreal, Canada & Ben H. Chew, MD, Associate Professor of Urology, Vancouver, Canada

Read article on Urology Times

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MassDevice: How Boston Scientific Uses Clinical Feedback to Advance Innovation

Read article on MassDevice

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Health Professional Radio: New Insights on Sepsis Risk Post-Ureteroscopy

Naeem Bhojani, MD, Associate Professor of Urology, Montreal, Canada & Ben H. Chew, MD, Associate Professor of Urology, Vancouver, Canada

Listen to podcast on Health Professional Radio

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Urology Times: Dr. Bhojani and Dr. Chew Discuss Urosepsis After Ureteroscopy

Naeem Bhojani, MD, Associate Professor of Urology, Montreal, Canada & Ben H. Chew, MD, Associate Professor of Urology, Vancouver, Canada

Watch video on Urology Times

Practice Challenge

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Evolving Trends Lead to Unmet Needs in Flexible Ureteroscopy

Oliver Wiseman, MA, FRCS (Urol), Consultant Urologist, Cambridge, United Kingdom

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Controlling Intrarenal Pressure During Ureteroscopy May Help Reduce Complications

Manoj Monga, MD, FACS, Urologist, San Diego, California

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Urosepsis After Ureteroscopy: Case Study and Review of Recent Data

Naeem Bhojani, MD, Associate Professor of Urology, Montreal, Canada & Ben H. Chew, MD, Associate Professor of Urology, Vancouver, Canada

 

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Risk Factors for Urosepsis After Ureteroscopy for Stone Disease

Naeem Bhojani, MD, Associate Professor of Urology, Montreal, Canada & Ben H. Chew, MD, Associate Professor of Urology, Vancouver, Canada

 

Practice Challenge

Thomas Chi

LithoVue Empower™ Retrieval Deployment Device Testimonial

Thomas Chi, MD, Associate Professor of Urology, University of California San Francisco, USA & Adam G. Kaplan, MD, Urologist, St. Joseph Health Medical Group, Director of Robotic Surgery, Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, USA

 

Brian Eisner

LithoVue™ Single-Use Digital Flexible Ureteroscope Testimonial

Brian Eisner, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery and Co-Director of Kidney Stone Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Medical Director, Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Urology, Chief of Division of Urology, Newton Wellesley Hospital

 

Ben H. Chew

Understanding Ureteral Stent Encrustation

Ben H. Chew, MD, Associate Professor of Urology, University of British Columbia, Canada & Dirk Lange, PhD, Associate Professor of Urology, University of British Columbia, Canada

 

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