Retrograde Intrarenal Surgery (RIRS)

Abstract

  As current engineering of medical equipment has been advancing fast, endoluminal technology and technique have also developed for a couple of years. Mostly, the indication and surgical methods in retrograde intrarenal surgery (RIRS) have rapidly changed in accordance with the advancement of flexible ureteroscope, laser technology compared to past decade. We, clinical physicians will have to catch up this trend and need to figure out the novel knowledge.