Ureteroscopic management of lower ureteric calculi: a 15-year single-centre experience.

Objective: To review our 15-year experience with ureteroscopic treatment of distal ureteric calculi and to determine the impact of improved technology and techniques on the efficacy, success and complications of the procedure.

Patients And Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 4512 patients who underwent 5133 ureteroscopic procedures for the treatment of distal ureteric calculi at our institution from January 1991 to December 2005. The patient and stone characteristics, treatment variables and clinical outcomes were assessed.

The use of polypropylene mesh as a transobturator sling for the treatment of female stress urinary incontinence (early experience with 40 cases).

This study evaluated the use of traditional polypropylene mesh, used in hernias repair, as a sling in the treatment of female stress urinary incontinence (SUI). Forty patients diagnosed with SUI underwent transobturator sling fashioned from the ordinary polypropylene mesh (vypro II). Each lateral end of the tape is secured by a zero prolene suture.