The Clinical Efficacy and Safety of Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy in the Treatment of Patients with Urinary Calculi.

Objective: To evaluate the clinical efficacy of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) for urinary calculi and precautions of postoperative complications.

Methods: 90 patients with urinary calculi at our hospital were randomly recruited between July 2019 and July 2020 and were allocated (1 : 1) to receive either ESWL (observation group) or conventional surgery (control group). Clinical efficacy was the primary endpoint, whereas adverse events were the secondary endpoint.

Endoscopic combined intrarenal surgery in the prone-split leg position for successful single session removal of an encrusted ureteral stent: a case report.

Background: The most serious complication of ureter stent is long-term retention of ureteral stent and stone formation around the stent.

Case Presentation: A 51-year old female patient with left ureteral stent placed 2 years before developed both pyelic and vesical stones on the two ends of the double J was admitted to our hospital. Intravesical lithotripsy, retrograde ureteroscopy, and percutaneous nephrolithotripsy were performed with the patient in the prone split-leg position.

Psychometric validation of the Chinese version of the Illness Perception Questionnaire-Revised for women with stress urinary incontinence.

Aim: The aim of this study was to examine the reliability and validity of the Illness Perception Questionnaire-Revised (IPQ-R) in patients with stress urinary incontinence (SUI).

Methods: A total of 256 patients with SUI and 76 patients with myoma of the uterus were recruited to complete the Chinese IPQ-R. For the reliability, the key tests included Cronbach's α coefficient and intraclass correlation coefficients.