...Evangelos Aravantinos; Nikolaos Kalogeras; Georgia Stamatiou; Eleni Chantzi; Georgios Moutzouris; Nikolaos Zygoulakis; Michael Melekos Objective: To evaluate the possibility of performing minipercutaneous nephrolithotomy (mini-PCNL) under assisted local anesthesia in a selected group of patients...

... of cystodiathermy or disease progression. Conclusions: EMDA LA allows effective local anesthesia of the bladder and enables satisfactory biopsy and cystodiathermy of small bladder cancer recurrenc-es in an outpatient setting. 11 12 2006 30 03 2009 30 5 2009 © 2009 S. Karger AG, Basel 2009...

... in outpatients under local anesthesia. Patients and Methods: Seventy consecutive patients (79 ureters) requiring stent placement or replacement were included in the study. The procedures were performed on an outpatient basis under local anesthesia with the assistance of a C-arm fluoroscopy unit. After...

... and morbidity associated with general anesthesia. With this in mind, we present a simple method of excising epididymal cysts under local anesthesia. The method described involves the use of local anesthesia, a 16 guage cannula and minor operating instruments. This technique can be performed using local...