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A Comparative Study between Dusting and Fragmentation in Intracorporeal Laser Lithotripsy in Distal Ureteric Stone

Background: Ureteric stones commonly have an impact on the quality of life of the patient. There are many treatment choices for the condition, including medical treatment, extra-corporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL), endoscopic intervention by ureteroscope (URS), or surgery (open or laparoscopic). Semi-rigid URS with laser lithotripsy is used to fragment ureteric stones, especially those in the distal ureter.

Objectives: To assess the efficacy and complications of the dusting versus the fragmentation method for lower ureteric stones using holmium laser lithotripsy by analyzing intra-operative and post-operative variables.

Patients and methods: One hundred and twenty patients with distal ureteric stones were included in the current study conducted in Ghazi AL-Hariri Teaching Hospital for Surgical Specialties from December 2020 to July 2022. The cases were divided into two groups: The first is the dusting group and the second is the fragmentation group. Both groups are further subdivided into the 10-15 mm and < 10 mm stone groups. The time of the operation, the rate of being stone-free, stone size, the rate of Double-J stents (DJS), and intraoperative complications were compared for the study groups.

Results: the operative time was more among Group A (dusting) than Group B (fragmentation) with a statistically significant association, stone-free rate more in Group A (dusting) than Group B (fragmentation) without a statically significant Need for DJ in Group b (fragmentation) than group a (dusting) with statically significant association Regard intraoperative complication (mucosal injury, stone migration, perforation) more in group b (fragmentation) a (dusting) without any significant association. 

Conclusion: The dusting method resulted in fewer intraoperative complications (mucosal injury, stone migration, perforation) and a lower need for DJ insertion than the fragmentation method. However, it needed a longer operative time than the fragmentation method.

 

Received: Nov,, 2022

Accepted: April, 2023

Published: Oct.2023

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Publication Date
Mon Apr 01 2013
Journal Name
Journal Of The Faculty Of Medicine Baghdad
Effect of ureteric stone location on the success rate of ureteroscopic Holmium laser lithotripsy

Background: Ureteral stone can cause obstructive uropathy and subsequent deterioration of renal function. There are four treatment options for ureteral calculi: lithotripsy, ureteroscopy, laparoscopic ureterolithotomy, and open stone surgery. Holmium YAG laser is an excellent intracorporial lithotripter for all kinds of stones. Accordingly, there is steady increase in number of ureteroscopic laser lithotripsy operations in the managmant of Ureteral stone.

Objectives: this study was designed to demonstrate the effect of ureteric stone location on the success rate of ureteroscopic Holmium laser lithotripsy in the management of ureteric stones.

Patients and Methods: Ninety m

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Publication Date
Thu Jan 20 2022
Journal Name
Journal Of Clinical Medicine
Comparison of the Safety and Efficacy of Laser Versus Pneumatic Intracorporeal Lithotripsy for Treatment of Bladder Stones in Children

This study aimed to compare the safety and efficacy of laser lithotripsy and pneumatic lithotripsy, the two most commonly used transurethral lithotripsy methods for treating bladder stones in children in Iraq. Between January 2013 and December 2016, 64 children with bladder stones were included in this prospective randomized study, after ethical committee approval and written consent from the children’s parents or caregivers were obtained. Patients were assigned randomly by computer software to two groups treated with either pneumatic cystolithotripsy or laser lithotripsy. A 9 Fr. semirigid ureteroscope was used to pass the lithotripter through and fragment the stone. A catheter of 8–12 Fr. was then introduced and kept in place

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Publication Date
Thu Feb 07 2019
Journal Name
Iraqi Journal Of Laser
Gingival Enlargement Management using Diode Laser 940 nm and Conventional Scalpel Technique (A Comparative Study)

Diode lasers are becoming popular in periodontal surgery due to their highly absorption by pigments such as melanin and hemoglobin their weak absorption by water and hydroxyapatite makes them safe to be used around dental hard tissues. Objective: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the efficiency of diode laser in performing gingivectomy in comparison to conventional scalpel technique in patients with chronic inflammatory enlargement. Materials and methods: Thirty patients were selected for this study. All of them required surgical treatment of gingival enlargements and were randomly divided into two groups: Control group (treated by scalpel and include sixteen patients) and study group (treated with diode laser 940nm and includ

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Publication Date
Sat Jul 31 2021
Journal Name
Journal Of Legal Sciences
Suicide attempt between criminalization and legalization: A comparative study

Hardly a day passes without hearing the news of a person’s suicide here or there, as if life no longer has value for a person, and this fact is what prompted the World Health Organization to sound the alarm, after it found that suicide had become widespread in the world and published its report Under the title (Suicide Prevention - A Global Necessity), and announced the need to take care of mental Health as part of public health, because what psychological human crises are exposed to may lead to suicide.

      A quick look at the position of the various legislations on suicide, we find there is a great difference, some legislations recognize the human right to death, while other legislation punishes the

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Tue Jun 20 2006
Journal Name
Journal Of Legal Sciences
Provisions of economic concentrations between undertakings A comparative study

Economic concentration between undertakings is considered of common transactions in the commercial  environment . So it was not seen as practices that can affect  on the competition, or that it is misused to achieve purposes that are contrary to free and fair competition.

In fact, concentration Transactions may to be  affect on competition, Where Economic concentration has undeniable benefits, so it was not possible to prevent these Transactions. Instead, the laws tended to control concentration and avoid harming it. And  obtain of its benefits.

 This study highlights  on the provisions of economic concentration between undertakings, and detection of the mechanism through which to cont

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Publication Date
Tue Jun 14 2016
Journal Name
Al-academy
Idealism and Realism in The Design: A Comparative Study

At the beginning of the twentieth century distorting handling totalitarian phenomena of art, which can be called the stage of the test, transition from the theory of ideal theory and other realistic is not cushy, since it requires vision and reading and other concepts, and in light of this dialectic manifested research problem by asking the following Is affected by the design idealism and realism. Through the above mentioned questions, the researcher found rationale for addressing this problem, the study through his research, which is marked (idealism and realism in a comparative study design). And demonstrated the importance of research in the identification of the concept and the effectiveness of the two theories idealism and realism a

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Publication Date
Sat Dec 24 2022
Journal Name
Journal Of Legal Sciences
Criminalization of Graft in Palestinian Legislation between Constitutional Legitimacy and Procedural Necessity : A Comparative Study

This study aimed to identify the extent of the constitutionality of proving the crime of graft regarding transferring the burden of proof to the accused and its violation of the presumption of innocence. The presumption of innocence, unlike the Kuwaiti legislator, who did not shift the burden of proof in the crimes of illegitimate gain, and that the proof of the crimes of illegitimate gain according to the Palestinian and Jordanian legislators are linked to two forms: actual exploitation and judgmental or presumed exploitation, while the Kuwaiti legislator has limited proof of illegitimate gain crimes in the form of The study recommended a set of recommendations for an amendment to the text of Article 3 of Decree Law No. 37 of 2018 regar

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Publication Date
Wed Jun 14 2023
Journal Name
Al-academy
Expressive Topics in Plastic Art Achievement A comparative study between Gustav Klimt and Star Kauusch

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Publication Date
Sun Dec 16 2018
Journal Name
Al-academy
Alienation in Contemporary Sculpture between the Works of Anthony Caro and Tony Cragg (A Comparative Study)
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Publication Date
Thu Dec 01 2022
Journal Name
Journal Of Medicine And Life
Renal stone density on native CT-scan as a predictor of treatment outcomes in shock wave lithotripsy

Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) is considered a standard treatment for nephrolith or kidney stones measuring less than 20 mm. Anatomical, machine-related, and stone factors play pivotal roles in treatment outcomes, the latter being the leading role. This paper examined the relationship between stone density on native CT scans and ESWL treatment to remove renal stones concerning several treatments. One hundred and twenty patients (64 males and 56 females) were enrolled and completed the study from April 2019 to September 2020. Inclusion criteria were a single renal pelvis stone of 5–20 mm to be treated for the first time in adult patients with no urinary or musculoskeletal anatomical abnormalities. We assessed patients

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