PMID- 38137717
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20231225
IS  - 2077-0383 (Print)
IS  - 2077-0383 (Electronic)
IS  - 2077-0383 (Linking)
VI  - 12
IP  - 24
DP  - 2023 Dec 13
TI  - Single-Use Flexible Ureteroscopes: How Difficult Is It Today to Stay Up to Date? 
      A Pictorial Review of Instruments Available in Europe in 2023.
LID - 10.3390/jcm12247648 [doi]
LID - 7648
AB  - The invention of the flexible ureteroscope (fURS) and its subsequent spread have 
      revolutionized the surgical management of urolithiasis and upper tract urothelial 
      carcinoma (UTUC). During the last few years, single-use flexible ureteroscopes 
      (su-fURSs) have been developed to improve the limitations of reusable fURSs, 
      namely their cost, durability and risk of device contamination. Since the 
      introduction of the first fully disposable digital fURS, several su-fURSs have 
      been developed by various manufacturers. In this pictorial review, we combined 
      the different physical and technical features of su-fURSs currently available on 
      the market with Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and European Conformity (CE) 
      approval, in order to help surgeons choose the appropriate device according to 
      each case requirement and personal preferences. To the best of our knowledge, 17 
      su-fURSs with CE and FDA approval have been developed to date.
FAU - Vaccaro, Chiara
AU  - Vaccaro C
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0712-9651
AD  - Department of Urology, ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco, 20157 Milan, Italy.
AD  - University of Milan, 20122 Milan, Italy.
FAU - Lorusso, Vito
AU  - Lorusso V
AD  - Department of Urology, ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco, 20157 Milan, Italy.
FAU - Palmisano, Franco
AU  - Palmisano F
AD  - Department of Urology, ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco, 20157 Milan, Italy.
FAU - Rosso, Marco
AU  - Rosso M
AD  - Department of Urology, ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco, 20157 Milan, Italy.
FAU - Nicola, Massimiliano
AU  - Nicola M
AD  - Department of Urology, ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco, 20157 Milan, Italy.
FAU - Granata, Antonio Maria
AU  - Granata AM
AD  - Department of Urology, ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco, 20157 Milan, Italy.
FAU - Gregori, Andrea
AU  - Gregori A
AD  - Department of Urology, ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco, 20157 Milan, Italy.
FAU - Talso, Michele
AU  - Talso M
AD  - Department of Urology, ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco, 20157 Milan, Italy.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Review
DEP - 20231213
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - J Clin Med
JT  - Journal of clinical medicine
JID - 101606588
PMC - PMC10743947
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - RIRS
OT  - disposable ureteroscopes
OT  - single-use
OT  - urolithiasis
COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2023/12/23 12:43
MHDA- 2023/12/23 12:44
PMCR- 2023/12/13
CRDT- 2023/12/23 01:11
PHST- 2023/10/25 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2023/11/15 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2023/12/07 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2023/12/23 12:44 [medline]
PHST- 2023/12/23 12:43 [pubmed]
PHST- 2023/12/23 01:11 [entrez]
PHST- 2023/12/13 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - jcm12247648 [pii]
AID - jcm-12-07648 [pii]
AID - 10.3390/jcm12247648 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - J Clin Med. 2023 Dec 13;12(24):7648. doi: 10.3390/jcm12247648.