The management of urolithiasis (ureteral calculi)in pregnancy
Zhao Chunxiong
Chen Hongbo
Hu Xiaohui
Zhu Shengliang
Abstract：Objective:To explore the treatment of of urolithiasis in pregnancy.Methods:51 pregnant women with urinary stone were given the benzene three phenol (40 mg,2 times a day)firstly;if symptoms were not re-lieved,patients were treated with double J tube insertion or ureteroscopic lithotripsy under local anesthesia or contin-ued epidural anesthesia.Results:Twenty-eight cases received conservative therapy which resulted in spontaneous stone expulsion.For patients failed to passage stone spontaneously,ten cases were performed double J tube insertion and 1 6 cases were performed ureteroscopic lithotripsy.There was no complication occurring associated to obstetrics and urology.Conclusions:It is advisable that conservative treatment is preferred to pregnancy associated with urinary calculi.if conservative treatment is invalid,the double J tube insertion or ureteroscopic holmium laser lithotripsy is also safe and effective.
Keywords：urolithiasispregnancyureteroscopic lithotripsy
Publication Date：2015-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 239-241 )