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А.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Vorobev</surname><given-names>V. A.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Воробьёв Владимир Анатольевич – кандидат медицинских наук, ассистент кафедры общей хирургии</p><p>664003, г. Иркутск, ул. Красного Восстания, 1</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Vladimir A. Vorobev – Cand. Sc. (Med.), Teaching Assistant at the Department of General Surgery</p><p>Krasnogo Vosstaniya str. 1, Irkutsk 664003</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">terdenecer@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3299-1924</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Белобородов</surname><given-names>В. А.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Beloborodov</surname><given-names>V. A.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Белобородов Владимир Анатольевич – доктор медицинских наук, профессор, заведующий кафедрой общей хирургии</p><p>664003, г. Иркутск, ул. Красного Восстания, 1</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Vladimir A. Beloborodov – Dr. Sc. (Med.), Professor, Head of the Department of General Surgery</p><p>Krasnogo Vosstaniya str. 1, Irkutsk 664003</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">bva555@yandex.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2116-5261</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Ховалыг</surname><given-names>Т. B.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Khovalyg</surname><given-names>T. V.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Ховалыг Темирлан Вячеславович – аспирант кафедры общей хирургии</p><p>664003, г. Иркутск, ул. Красного Восстания, 1</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Temirlan V. Khovalyg – Postgraduate at the Department of General Surgery</p><p>Krasnogo Vosstaniya str. 1, Irkutsk 664003</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">temirlan.khovalyg@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2827-0569</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Шевченко</surname><given-names>Ю. В.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Shevchenko</surname><given-names>Yu. V.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Шевченко Юлия Викторовна – кандидат медицинских наук, ассистент кафедры лучевой и клинической лабораторной диагностики</p><p>664049, г. Иркутск, Юбилейный, 100</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Yulia V. Shevchenko – Cand. Sc. (Med), Teaching Assistant at the Department of Radiation and Clinical Laboratory Diagnostics</p><p>Yubileyniy 100, Irkutsk 664049</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">shevchenkoyv-kt@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-2"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8813-1106</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Сафаров</surname><given-names>З. А.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Safarov</surname><given-names>Z. A.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Сафаров Зокирджон Абдусаломович – ординатор кафедры общей хирургии</p><p>664003, г. Иркутск, ул. Красного Восстания, 1</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Zokirjon A. Safarov – Intern at the Department of General Surgery</p><p>Krasnogo Vosstaniya str. 1, Irkutsk 664003</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">zakir_4325563@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff-1"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>ФГБОУ ВО «Иркутский государственный медицинский университет» Минздрава России</institution><country>Россия</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>Irkutsk State Medical University</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff-2"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>Иркутская государственная Медицинская академия последипломного образования – филиал ФГБОУ ДПО «Российская медицинская академия непрерывного профессионального образования» Минздрава России</institution><country>Россия</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>Irkutsk State Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education – Branch Campus of the Russian Medical Academy of Continuing Professional Education</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2022</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>03</day><month>09</month><year>2022</year></pub-date><volume>7</volume><issue>4</issue><fpage>181</fpage><lpage>189</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Воробьёв В.А., Белобородов В.А., Ховалыг Т.B., Шевченко Ю.В., Сафаров З.А., 2022</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2022</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Воробьёв В.А., Белобородов В.А., Ховалыг Т.B., Шевченко Ю.В., Сафаров З.А.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Vorobev V.A., Beloborodov V.A., Khovalyg T.V., Shevchenko Y.V., Safarov Z.A.</copyright-holder><license xml:lang="ru" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.</license-p></license><license xml:lang="en" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://www.actabiomedica.ru/jour/article/view/3659">https://www.actabiomedica.ru/jour/article/view/3659</self-uri><abstract><p>Современный подход в хирургическом лечении конкрементов мочеточников предполагает использование эндоурологических процедур, таких как ретроградная уретероскопия с литотрипсией или чрескожная антеградная литотрипсия в проксимальном отделе мочеточника. Уретеролитотомия как метод лечения носит вспомогательный характер и применяется при невозможности эндоурологического вмешательства или при интраоперационных коллизиях при конверсии доступа. Однако существует ряд сравнительных исследований, посвящённых литотрипсии и литотомии.</p><p>Целью исследования был сравнительный анализ исходов лапароскопической литотомии и ретроградной литотрипсии при хирургическом лечении конкрементов проксимальной части мочеточников, а также поиск предикторов развития продлённой нетрудоспособности.</p><sec><title>Материалы и методы</title><p>Материалы и методы. Проспективному рандомизированному мультицентровому исследованию подвергнуты 53 пациента с установленным диагнозом конкремента мочеточника, проходивших лечение в период 2018–2021 гг. в условиях урологических стационаров города Иркутска. Все пациенты были разделены на две группы сравнения: группа «Литотомия» (группа 1; n = 30) и группа «Литотрипсия» (группа 2; n = 23).</p></sec><sec><title>Результаты</title><p>Результаты. Установлено, что уровень осложнений II–III класса по Clavien – Dindo оказался статистически сопоставим в обеих группах (p &gt; 0,05). Однако в абсолютных и относительных величинах отмечено преобладание данного показателя при выполнении ретроградной уретеролитотрипсии. По данным жёстких конечных точек (повторная операция, наличие резидуальных конкрементов или миграция в процессе операции) успешно прооперированы 29 (96,6 %) пациентов группы 1 и 17 (73,4 %) пациентов группы 2 (p = 0,514).</p></sec><sec><title>Заключение</title><p>Заключение. Лапароскопическая уретеролитотомия может быть предложена пациентам с крупными конкрементами проксимальной части мочеточника как альтернативный метод лечения с лучшим показателем свободы от резидуальных конкрементов, но в целом сходными общими результатами лечения и частотой развития осложнений, а также общими сроками нетрудоспособности.</p></sec></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="en"><p>The current approach in the surgical treatment of ureteral calculi involves the use of endourological procedures such as retrograde ureteroscopy with lithotripsy or percutaneous antegrade lithotripsy in the proximal ureter. Ureterolithotomy as a treatment method is of an auxiliary nature and is used when endourological intervention is impossible or in case of intraoperative collisions during access conversion. However, there are several comparative studies on lithotripsy and lithotomy.</p><sec><title>The aim</title><p>The aim. Comparative analysis of the outcomes of laparoscopic lithotomy and retrograde lithotripsy in the surgical treatment of proximal ureteral calculi, as well as the search for predictors of prolonged disability.</p></sec><sec><title>Materials and methods</title><p>Materials and methods. A prospective randomized multicenter study included 53 patients with an established diagnosis of ureterolithiasis who were treated in the period 2018–2021 in urological hospitals in Irkutsk. All patients were divided into two comparison groups: Lithotomy group (group 1; n = 30) and Lithotripsy group (group 2; n = 23).</p></sec><sec><title>Results</title><p>Results. When analyzing the results of the study, it was found that the level of complications of class II–III according to Clavien – Dindo was statistically comparable in both groups (p &gt; 0.05). However, in absolute and relative terms, the prevalence of this indicator was noted during retrograde ureterolithotripsy. According to hard endpoints (reoperation, presence of residual stones or migration during the operation), 29 (96.6 %) patients of group 1 and 17 (73.4 %) patients of group 2 (p = 0.514) were successfully operated on.</p></sec><sec><title>Conclusion</title><p>Conclusion. Laparoscopic ureterolithotomy may be offered to patients with large proximal ureteral stones as an alternative treatment option with better residual stone freedom but generally similar overall outcomes and complication rates.</p></sec></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>мочекаменная болезнь</kwd><kwd>уролитиаз</kwd><kwd>литотрипсия</kwd><kwd>лапароскопическая литотомия</kwd><kwd>ускоренное выздоровление</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>urolithiasis</kwd><kwd>urolithiasis</kwd><kwd>lithotripsy</kwd><kwd>laparoscopic lithotomy</kwd><kwd>accelerated recovery</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Georgescu D, Mulţescu R, Geavlete B, Geavlete P. Intraoperative complications after 8150 semirigid ureteroscopies for ureteral lithiasis: Risk analysis and management. 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