Korean J Urol.
1989 Feb;30(1):35-40.
Clinical Experience of Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy for Urinary Calculi
- Affiliations
-
- 1Department of Urology, Catholic University, Medical College, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
- Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) is a non-contact, non-invasive technique for disintegrating urinary tract calculi into sand-sized particles which can be passed spontaneously by a patient during normal urine flow. ESWL with an Edap lithotriptor which uses piezoelectric elements, was performed in 465 cases with urinary calculi from May 1987 to October 1988. The overall success rate of ESWL in 465 cases was 92.7% and renal stones were more successfully (95.9%) treated than ureteral stone (86.7%) main complications of ESWL for urinary calculi were hematuria (70.8%), hypertension(8.0 %). renal colic (2.6%), ileus (2.5%) and fever (1.2%) and then they were controlled without specific treatment. ESWL using ultrasonic localization was effective for treatment of the urinary stones.
Keyword
- Full Text Links
-
- Actions
-
Cited
- CITED
-
- Close
- Share
-
- Similar articles
-
- Clinical Experience of Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy for Urinary Calculi
- Clinical Experience of Domestic SDS-2 Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotriptor (ESWL) for 315 Urinary Calculi
- The effect of double-J stent in extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy monotherapy of staghorn calculi
- First experience in treatment of urolithiasis using therasonic LT-1000
- Effects of Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithortripsy Experimentally Induced Cholelithiasis and Organs in the Dog
