Olympus medical systems corp.(omsc) has been made aware of a literature titled ¿comparison of perioperative outcomes of nurse-assisted or one person f-tul conducted by a single physician¿ that was presented at the 32nd congress of japanese society of endourology.The literature reports the result of 52 cases of transurethral ureterolithotripsy (tul) conducted between may 2017 and april 2018 at a user facility, using olympus uretero-reno fiberscope model urf-p5.In the literature, it is reported as adverse events that postoperative febrile urinary tract infections (uti) (nine cases) and a ureteral injury (one case) occurred as a result of the procedures.Moreover, the patient who suffered from a ureteral injury was required to have a stent placement for two months as well as subsequent extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (eswl) due to the injury.According to the literature, the perioperative outcomes of the both groups (nurse-assisted or one person f-tul) were equivalent.However, uti frequently occurred in the both groups are compared to reports written by experts.Thus, it is concluded that there is still room for further improvement of tul conducted by the subject physician.Any further detailed information have not been obtained to date.Omsc is submitting mdr according to the number of types of the adverse events.This is one of two reports related to uti.
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