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Assessment of Hounsfield Units and Factors Associated with Fragmentation of Renal Stones by Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy: A Computerized Tomography Study. [PDF]

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Alharbi AS   +9 more
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Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy

Journal of Urology, 1988
To the Editor .—I am writing about the article by Brown et al 1 in the January 1988 issue of theArchives. The statement that "extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy has become an important mode of therapy for renal lithiasis in patients who cannot withstand surgery" is unusual.
C W, Poore, B J, Graham
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Extracorporeal Shock-Wave Lithotripsy

Radiologic Clinics of North America, 1986
Extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy is a new technique for treatment of symptomatic renal and upper ureteral calculi. After biplanar fluoroscopic localization of the targeted calculus, serial shock waves cause calculus disintegration, with subsequent spontaneous transurethral passage of the fragments. Excellent clinical results and patient enthusiasm
A J, LeRoy, J W, Segura
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Extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy

Current Opinion in Urology, 1993
Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) was performed in 84 patients with gallbladder stones. The gallstones completely disappeared within 12 months after ESWL, in 31% of the patients with one to three radiolucent stones not larger than 3 cm in diameter and in 57% of the patients with a solitary stone up to 2 cm with the ultrasonographic gallstone
Ferdinand Eisenberger, Axel S. Schmidt
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Extracorporeal Shock-Wave Lithotripsy

Annals of Internal Medicine, 1984
Excerpt Extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy is a technique for pulverizing urinary stones in vivo by focusing hydraulic shock waves on the stone (1-3).
B, Finlayson, W C, Thomas
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Biliary Extracorporeal Shock-Wave Lithotripsy

Gastroenterology Clinics of North America, 1991
Extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy (ESWL) has become standard therapy for the treatment of kidney stones since its introduction in 1980; a similar technique is now being used for many patients with gallstones. This article reviews the technique of biliary ESWL, examines the results of clinical studies to date, and makes recommendations as to who may
G, Garcia, H S, Young
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Outpatient extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy

Urology, 1987
Extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy (ESWL) is a new procedure for which patient-management guidelines are still being established. We retrospectively reviewed the first 246 patients treated with ESWL at our facility. Nearly 50 per cent were treated as outpatients, and more than 70 per cent of patients admitted to the hospital were discharged on the ...
E, Breaux, J R, Burns
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Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy

Der Urologe. Ausg. A, 2019
Interventional treatment of stones essentially consists of three treatment modalities. Extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy (ESWL), in addition to uterorenoscopy (URS) and percutaneous nephrolitholapaxy (PCNL) is an essential treatment pillar and is the only noninvasive therapy option for the treatment of urinary stones.
Rolf Schmutz   +2 more
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[Extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy].

Casopis lekaru ceskych, 1989
Concrement lithotripsy in the kidney and ureter using extracorporeal shock waves (ESWL) was performed with the aid of a 2nd-generation lithotriptor--Lithostar Siemens. Over a period of 11 months ESWL was applied in 526 patients aged 7 to 80 years, 10 of these were children.
E, Hradec, K, Kocí, J, Poch
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