Abstract:Objective To explore the effect and clinical value of a new type of transurethral integrated semi-rigid ureteroscopic lithotripsy for ureteral calculi.Methods From May 2018 to October 2019, 157 patients who underwent surgery for ureteral calculi in our department were randomly divided into 53 cases of group A, 46 cases of group B, and 58 cases of group C. Group A used traditional transurethral semi-rigid ureteroscopic lithotripsy, group B used a suctioning semi-rigid ureteroscopic lithotripsy with a sheath being connected to a vacuum device, and group C used a new type of suctioning integrated semi-rigid ureteroscopic lithotripsy. The preoperative data, success rate of one surgery, operation time, length of hospital stay, postoperative stone clearance rate, and complications of Clavien system classification were compared for the three groups.Results One hundred and forty-four cases of transureteral lithotripsy were completed in one stage, and the remaining 13 cases were converted to other surgical methods due to ureteral stricture leading difficulty in placing a suctioning sheath or entering the ureteroscope. There was no statistically significant difference in the preoperative data among the three groups of patients (P > 0.05). Compared with groups A and C, group B had a lower one-stage operation success rate (P <0.05). Compared with groups A and B, Group C had a shorter operation time (P < 0.05) and fewer hospitalization days (P < 0.05). Compared with groups B and C, group A had a lower rate of stone clearance at 30 days after surgery (P < 0.05). There was no significant difference in the incidence of total complications among the three groups of patients (P > 0.05).Conclusions Compared with the other two types, the new type suctioning integrated semi-rigid ureteroscopic lithotripsy has certain advantages, significantly reducing the operation time and the length of hospital stay for the patients, and improving the minimally invasive surgery level for patients with upper urinary calculi and economic operation of the hospital. It has good clinical value and is worthy of promotion.