Diameter of ureteral access sheath and ureteral stenosis development: a systematic review.

Tamires Battistini Pissaia Mikhael Belkovsky Carlo Carmargo Passerotti Everson Luiz de Almeida Artifon Jose Pinhata Otoch JosÉ Maciel Caldas Dos Reis

Published in: Acta cirurgica brasileira (2023)

In this systematic review, no relationship between UAS diameter and incidence of ureteral stenosis was observed. Nonetheless, additional randomized controlled trials are required to support this finding.

Keyphrases

systematic review
meta analyses
editorial comment
randomized controlled trial
optic nerve
risk factors