Kidney Collecting System, Endourology, and Renal Stone Treatment

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• Comparative follow-up of patients with acute and obtuse infundibulum-pelvic angle submitted to extra-corporeal shock wave lithotripsy for treatment of lower caliceal stones: preliminary report and proposed study design. Journal of Endourology (New York, USA), 11: 157-161, 1997.[ 1119 kb]
• The pig kidney as a urological model. Anatomical contribution. Journal of Endourology (New York, USA), 12: 45-50, 1998.[ 1592 kb]
• Renal collecting system anatomy: its possible role in the effectiveness of renal stone treatment. Current Opinion in Urology (London, UK), 11: 359-366, 2001.
• Dog kidney: anatomical relationships between intrarenal arteries and kidney collecting system. Anat Rec (Hoboken), 290:1017-22, 2007. [ 396 kb]
• Proportional analysis of pig kidney arterial segments: differences from the human kidney. J Endourol, 21:784-8, 2007. [ 266 kb]
• Energy sources for laparoscopic partial nephrectomy--critical appraisal. Int Braz J Urol.33: 3-10, 2007. Int Braz J Urol, 33: 3-10, 2007. [ 34 kb]
• Pig kidney: anatomical relationships between the renal venous arrangement and the kidney collecting system. J Urol, 179:1627 - 30, 2008.
• Kidney lower pole pelvicaliceal anatomy: comparative analysis between intravenous urogram and three-dimensional helical computed tomography. J Endourol. 23: 2035-40, 2009.[ 158 kb]
• Kidney healing after laparoscopic partial nephrectomy without collecting system closure in pigs. Urology, 77: 508. e 5-9, 2011. [ 2226 kb]
• Shrinkage of renal tissue after impregnation via the cold Biodur plastination technique. Anat Rec (Hoboken), 294: 1418-1422, 2011. [ 193 kb]
• Evaluation of supernumerary kidney with fusion using magnetic resonance image. Int Braz J Urol, 38: 428-429, 2012. [ 92 kb]
• Different from renal artery only clamping, artery and vein clamping causes a significant reduction in number of rat glomeruli during warm ischemia. J Endourol, 26: 1335-1339, 2012. [ 382 kb]
• Does prolonged pneumoperitoneum affect the kidney? Oxidative stress, stereological and electron microscopy study in a rat model. Int Braz J Urol, 39 30-36, 2013. [ 338 kb]
• Two-part silicone mold. A new tool for flexible ureteroscopy surgical training. Int Braz J Urol, 42: 850-1, 2016. [ 461 kb]
• Anatomical Relationship Between the Kidney Collecting System and the Intrarenal Arteries in the Sheep: Contribution for a New Urological Model. Anat Rec (Hoboken), 299: 405-11, 2016.
• The sheep as a model for healing studies after partial nephrectomy. J Surg Res. Jan, 200: 387-91, 2016. [ 1275 kb]