URS- A PROSPECTIVE INTERNATIONAL OBSERVATIONAL STUDY ON INDICATIONS AND PERIOPERATIVE OUTCOMES
During the past years there has been an increased interest in flexible and semirigid Ureteroscopy (URS) as primary treatment for ureter stones and smaller sized (lower pole) renal stones. URS is truly on the rise, most probably due to technical refinements of the (flexible) endoscopic equipment and because of more realism about the efficacy of the SWL therapy.
There are some fundamental (institutional) differences, however, concerning indication for surgery, equipment used and maybe outcomes. Moreover specific factors may influence treatment related morbidity. In this prospective work, the Endourological Society, through CROES, will study on a global basis the indications and outcomes of both flexible and semirigid URS. Each centre or site participating in this project will enter data on all patients undergoing ureteroscopy during the study period of one year at their site.
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