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Impacted lower ureteral calculi are usually treated by retrograde ureteroscopic lithotripsy. We describe an antegrade ureteroscopic salvage procedure for treating an impacted distal ureteral calculus that failed a retrograde ureteroscopic access.
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Aron, M., Kumar, A. & Wadhwa, P. Antegrade ureteroscopy for impacted lower ureteral calculus: A salvage procedure for failed retrograde ureteroscopy. Int Urol Nephrol 36 (Suppl 1), 6–8 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11255-005-4759-z
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