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Journal of Endourology and Part B, Videourology™
ISSN: 0892-7790 • Online ISSN: 1557-900X

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Journal of Endourology
has expanded with an innovative online video journal Part B, Videourology™

Journal of Endourology Part B: Videourology
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Groundbreaking Videourology Journal Launched by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.

Dr. Arthur Smith
Dr. Ralph Clayman

INTERVIEW: Drs. Arthur Smith and Ralph Clayman,
Co-Editors-in-Chief of Journal of Endourology

Drs. Arthur Smith and Ralph Clayman founded Journal of Endourology in 1987, and continue in their role of Co-Editors-in-Chief today. In this interview conducted by Dr. Clayman, Dr. Smith shares the remarkable story of how he pioneered the field of videourology 30 years ago, what led to the launch of the journal Videourology™, and how this groundbreaking new resource will enhance physician education and improve patient outcomes. LISTEN NOW!*

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Cutting-edge Techniques & Technology Demonstrations!  Easily Searchable!

A subscription to Videourology™ is included in your subscription to Journal of Endourology

About Videourology™
Videourology™ is an international online peer-reviewed journal dedicated to publishing video contributions in urologic endoscopic treatment. Videourology™ is intended to enable physicians to learn, evaluate, and implement new surgical techniques and technologies in their surgical practice using the most up-to-date Flash, QuickTime®, and MP4 technologies. The flagship publication, Journal of Endourology, will stay focused on publishing articles while Part B, Videourology™, will accept original videos containing material that has not been reported elsewhere, except in the form of an abstract or a conference presentation.

Authors - submit your video!  Find out how...
 


Mission:
By virtue of a stringent peer review process, Journal of Endourology seeks to provide the urological community with leading edge, scientifically rigorous studies in minimally invasive and nonincisional urologic surgery. All aspects of endoscopic, laparoscopic, robotic, and image guided procedures as they apply to benign and malignant diseases of the genitourinary tract are central to our mission.

Vision:
Evidence-based endourologic education of the medical community will bring our patients high quality, patient-oriented care providing the most rapid return of their well being.

This Journal has an Open Access option

 

Journal of Endourology is the only international, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the latest, minimally invasive techniques and technologies in the diagnosis, treatment, and surgical management of urologic disease to ensure optimal patient care.

The leading source of information on the latest laparoscopic and minimally invasive urologic techniques and procedures, each issue contains:
• The latest laparoscopic and endoscopic techniques
• Pioneering research papers
• Controversial cases in Endourology
• Techniques in Endourology and video CD feature
• Reviews and epochs in Endourology
• Endourology survey section
• Professional news in Endourology


The Official Journal of the Endourological Society, Korean Endourology Society, ESWL Society, Muljibhai Patel Society for Research in Nephro-Urology, Associazione Italiana di Endourologia, and Southern African Endourology Society.

Attention members of the Endourological Society: Please contact liebertonline@liebertpub.com for information on accessing the Journal online if you have not already done so.

Video clips from Volume 23, Number 10

  • Management of Hemorrhagic Complications Associated with Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy
    Ardeshir R. Rastinehad, D.O., Sero Andonian, M.D., Arthur D. Smith, M.D., and David N. Siegel, M.D.

    Urologists have witnessed replacement of complex open surgical procedures with minimally invasive therapies over the past quarter century. Nothing personifies this more than an anatrophic nephrolithotomy in the management of kidney stones. The Boyce procedure, once the gold standard for staghorn calculi, is rarely performed. Percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) has become the gold standard procedure for large renal stones and staghorns. This article will review the hemorrhagic complications that are associated with PCNL and the necessary therapeutic interventions.
  • Skin Treatment and Tract Closure for Tubeless Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy: University of California, Irvine, Technique
    Oskar Grau Kaufmann, M.D., Petros Sountoulides, M.D., Adam Kaplan, M.D., Michael Louie, M.D., Elspeth McDougall, M.D., and Ralph Clayman, M.D.

    After percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL), a nephrostomy tube has been routinely placed to ensure hemostasis, provide drainage, and maintain access to the collecting system should a second-look procedure be necessary. Recently, efforts have been expended to either reduce the size of the nephrostomy tube or eliminate it altogether. We describe the tubeless technique of closure and skin treatment after PCNL using FloSeal® as a sealant for tubeless PCNL.
  • Laparoscopic Management of Caliceal Diverticulum
    Steve W. Waxman, M.D., and Howard N. Winfield, M.D.

    Minimally invasive approaches for the treatment of symptomatic caliceal diverticula have become the standard of care. Laparoscopy has been embraced by many urologists and now accounts for many commonly performed approaches to urologic surgery. The laparoscopic approach to treating symptomatic caliceal diverticula adds yet another tool in the urologist's armamentarium for this pathologic entity.
  • Laparoscopic Techniques for Removal of Renal and Ureteral Calculi
    Marcel Hruza, M.D., Michael Schulze, M.D., Dogu Teber, M.D., Ali Serdar Gözen, M.D., and Jens Jochen Rassweiler, M.D.

    Although most ureteral and renal stones are managed using endourologic techniques or shockwave lithotripsy in daily clinical practice, stone surgery has not completely disappeared. The increasing experience with laparoscopy in urology poses the question of whether urolithiasis may be an indication for laparoscopy.
  • 70 W Holmium:Yttrium-Aluminum-Garnet Laser in Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy for Staghorn Calculi
    Yinghao Sun, M.D., Xiaofeng Gao, M.D., Tie Zhou, M.D., Shushang Chen, M.D., Linhui Wang, M.D., Chuangliang Xu, M.D., and Jiangou Hou, M.D.

    Purpose: To investigate the safety and efficacy of the high-power (70W) holmium laser in percutaneous nephrolithotripsy (PCNL) for staghorn calculi.
  • Percutaneous Renal Surgery: Use of Flexible Nephroscopy and Treatment of Infundibular Stenoses
    Rhonda M. Walsh, M.D., Christopher R. Kelly, B.A., and Mantu Gupta, M.D.

    Percutaneous nephrolithotomy is now the gold standard for treatment of large renal stones. In this article, we describe the indications for use of antegrade flexible nephroscopy during percutaneous nephrolithotomy, as well as for treatment of infundibular stenosis. We also discuss various new technologies to help in these endeavors, including digital cystoscopes and ureteroscopes and our preferred baskets, as well as our particular techniques for improving stone-free rates. The treatment of infundibular stenosis through percutaneous access is also reviewed.
  • Multiperc Versus Single Perc with Flexible Instrumentation for Staghorn Calculi
    Arvind P. Ganpule, M.S., D.N.B., Shashikant Mishra, M.S., D.N.B., and Mahesh R. Desai, M.D., FRCS (Edin), FRCS (Eng)

    Several techniques have been described for percutaneous access and stone removal. The method of choice depends on the available instrumentation, stone burden in given caliceal anatomy, and the surgeon's preference, depending on his or her level of training. The argument for multiple strategic tracts vs single-tract percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) with or without flexible instrumentation for complete clearance of the stones is ongoing. The "multiperc" or multiple tract approach offers clearance of stones without the added cost of sophisticated instrumentation; further, a surgeon who can achieve a primary tract can easily create secondary tracts.
  • Ultrasonic, Pneumatic and Combination Intracorporeal Lithotripsy for Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy
    Gregory Lowe, M.D., and Bodo E. Knudsen, M.D., FRCSC

    Refinements in ultrasonic and pneumatic lithotriptors, as well as the development of new dual-modality lithotriptors, have increased the options available for the endourologist. Studies comparing the efficiency of the devices in both bench and clinical models help provide the endourologist with guidance in selecting the most appropriate lithotrite.
  • Two Contemporary Series of Percutaneous Tract Dilation for Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy
    Felix Wezel, M.D., Charalampos Mamoulakis, M.D., Jorge Rioja, M.D., Maurice Stephan Michel, M.D., Jean de la Rosette, M.D., and Peter Alken, M.D.

    Dilation of the tract for percutaneous nephrolithotomy can be performed with three different basic techniques. A retrospective outcome analysis of two techniques—metal telescoping dilation and balloon dilation—in a contemporary series of two European departments shows no significant difference in morbidity related to the dilation procedure.
  • Endoscopy-Guided Percutaneous Nephrostolithotomy: Benefits of Ureteroscopic Access and Therapy
    Petros G. Sountoulides, M.D., Oskar G. Kaufmann, M.D., Michael K. Louie, M.D., Shawn Beck, M.D., Nickul Jain, Adam Kaplan, M.D., Elspeth M. McDougall, M.D., and Ralph V. Clayman, M.D.
  • Ultrasonography-Guided Punctures—with and without Puncture Guide
    Mahesh Desai, M.D., FRCS (Eng), FRCS (Edin)

    The key requisite of any percutaneous nephrolithotomy technique is access to the collecting system. The kidney has a high degree of vascular network and is liable for vascular injury. Therefore, for an ideal puncture, a percutaneous tract would be developed that leads straight from the skin through a papilla and the target calix into the renal pelvis. Percutaneous renal access can be achieved under fluoroscopic control or using an ultrasonography (US)-guided puncture.
  • Fluoroscopy-Guided Percutaneous Renal Access
    Peter L. Steinberg, M.D., Michelle J. Semins, M.D., Shaun E.L. Wason, M.D., Brian R. Matlaga, M.D., M.P.H., and Vernon M. Pais Jr., M.D.

    Percutaneous renal surgery is dependent upon appropriate access to the targeted portion of the collecting system. Obtaining a well-positioned nephrostomy tract improves the urologist's ability to both obtain the desired surgical outcome and minimize attendant morbidities.
  • Percutaneous Lithotripsy in Valdivia-Galdakao Decubitus Position: Our Experience
    Francisco Daels, M.D., Mariano S. González, M.D., Federico Garcia Freire, M.D., Alberto Jurado, M.D., and Oscar Damia, M.D.

    Percutaneous nephrolithotripsy (PNL) is actually the first therapeutic option to resolve complex renal stones.

    Our department initiated its experience in 1985 and treated the first 585 patients in ventral decubitus, as the original technique was described. Then, in 1998, the dorsal decubitus was adopted (Valdivia Uria), in which 695 patients were treated. Since 2006 the Valdivia Galdakao variant has been used.

    The Valdivia Galdakao position is an intermediate dorsal decubitus with extension of its homolateral lower limb and flexion of the contralateral.
  • Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy in the Prone and Prone-Flexed Positions: Anatomic Considerations
    Ray, A.; St. Michael's Hospital, Division of Urology, Chung, Dae-Gyun; St. Michael's Hospital, Department of Medical Imaging, Honey, R. John; St. Michael's Hospital, Division of Urology

    Percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) is commonly performed in the prone position. Knowledge of renal anatomy and the relationship of adjacent organs are essential to minimize patient morbidity and iatrogenic organ injury. We present the anatomical basis for a prone-flexed modification to patient positioning and review the advantages and disadvantages of alternate positions.

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Video clips from Volume 22, Number 12

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Video clips from Volume 22, Number 9

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Video clips from Volume 22, Number 8

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Video clips from Volume 22, Number 4

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Video clips from Volume 22, Number 1

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Video clips from Volume 21, Number 11

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Video clips from Volume 21, Number 10

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Video clips from Volume 20, Number 9

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Video clips from Volume 20, Number 7

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Video clips from Volume 20, Number 4

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Video clips from Volume 19, Number 6

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