Inside program The anthill which was broadcast yesterday, doctors Juan Ignacio Martínez-Salamancamedical director of Lyx Urology And Pablo Garridoa urologist from the aforementioned medical center, showed the public a Real-time simulation of flexible ureteroscopya minimally invasive operation that allows you to obtain manage, process and remove stones or tumors It is in the kidney without the need to make an incision.
This technique, invented by Dr. Pérez Castro in 1980, consists of introduction a ureteroscope, a thin, flexible device with a camera and light at the end, through the urethra and bladder to reach the ureter and kidneys.
Here’s how flexible ureteroscopy works
In this sense, Dr. Garrido explained that the ureteroscope is flexible “because at the end we can rotation in both directions, up to 270 degrees so that it allows us to make movements to be able treat any renal cavity where the stone or tumor is located.
Depending on the size of the stones or rocks, they “can be extracted directly, but they must be less than 4-5 millimeters. In case they are larger, the laser we use in this type of surgery is the Holmium lasera type of invisible laser because it is in the infrared spectrum and humans are not able to see it, this would reduce their size so that they could be extracted later,” explains Dr. Garrido.
In addition, the flexible ureteroscope allows the surgeon to precisely visualize stones or any abnormalities in the urinary tract, without the need to make incisions in the body. This technique is less invasive than other procedures, such as open surgery, and usually involves a faster recovery and fewer postoperative complications.
Another important aspect is that during the intervention “The patient is anesthetized and feels no pain.experts recalled.
Doctors Martínez-Salamanca and Garrido highlighted in El Hormigueo the importance of this type of method, because thanks to its use Aggressive surgeries can be avoided and hospitalization and recovery time is significantly reduced, which represents a important innovation in modern medicine.
