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Extracorporeal Shock-Wave Lithotripsy [PDF]

Journal of Urology, 1987
Analysis of our data clearly demonstrates that morbidity, secondary treatment, post-treatment manipulations, and failure of treatment increase as the stone size increases because of the increased stone fragment burden. Patients whose stone burden was less than 2 cm clearly had less morbidity.
D M, Newman, J E, Lingeman, J H, Mertz, P G, Mosbaugh, R E, Steele, P M, Knapp   +5 more
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Multiphysics Analysis of Ultrasonic Shock Wave Lithotripsy and Side Effects on Surrounding Tissues [PDF]

Journal of Biomedical Physics and Engineering, 2021
Background: Today, the most common method for kidney stone therapy is extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy. Current research is a numerical simulation of kidney stone fragmentation via ultrasonic shock waves.
Mahdi Moghimnezhad, Azadeh Shahidian, Mohammad Andayesh   +2 more
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Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy

Digestion, 1997
The first clinical application of extracorporeal SWL dates back to 1980. Since then the use of this method has spread widely and its indications have been extended progressively so that it way now be considered the treatment of choice in 80-90% of cases of ureterorenal lithiasis.
G, Zanetti, M, Seveso
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A meta-analysis of the efficacy of ureteroscopic lithotripsy and extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy on ureteral calculi [PDF]

Acta Cirúrgica Brasileira, 2014
PURPOSE:To re-evaluated the clinic efficacy of ureteroscopic lithotripsy (URS) and extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) on ureteral calculi with Cochrane systematic reviews in this paper.METHODS: We searched clinical randomized controlled trials ...
Yahong Xu, Yi Lu, Jian Li, Shunwen Luo, Yang Liu, Zhigang Jia, Ping Chen, Yu Guo, Qihua Zhao, Xiaoping Ma, Shufang Jia   +10 more
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Burst wave lithotripsy – the new evolution stage of extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy

Вестник урологии, 2021
Urolithiasis is currently one of the most urgent problems in the world. Every eleventh worldwide inhabitant suffers from this disease. Previously, the only way to get rid of kidney stones and the urinary tract was open surgery, which was characterized by
N. K. Gadzhiev, D. S. Gorelov, A. O. Ivanov, I. V. Semenyakin, I. E. Malikiev, V. M. Obidnyak, Ya. I. Kryuchkovenko, S. B. Petrov, V. E. Grigoriev   +8 more
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Lung contusion and cavitation with exudative plural effusion following extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy in an adult: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2010
Introduction Among the complications of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy are perinephric bleeding and hypertension. Case presentation We describe the case of a 31-year-old Asian man with an unusual case of hemoptysis and lung contusion and ...
Nouri-Majalan Nader, Masoumi Roghayyeh, Halvani Abolhasan, Moghaddasi Sara   +3 more
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Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy: retrospective study on possible predictors of treatment success and revisiting the role of non-contrast-enhanced computer tomography in kidney and ureteral stone disease. [PDF]

Urolithiasis
Oliveira B, Teixeira B, Magalhães M, Vinagre N, Fraga A, Cavadas V.   +5 more
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Eosinophilic Pleural Effusion: A Rare Complication of Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy

Case Reports in Medicine, 2013
Background. Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy has been widely used to treat renal stones. The procedure is relatively safe with minor complications. Case.
Maral Mokhtari, Perikala Vijayananda Kumar, Mohammad-Ali Ghayumi   +2 more
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Clinical use of renal point-of-care ultrasound after extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy

The Ultrasound Journal, 2019
Background Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy is widely used to treat symptomatic nephrolithiasis. Complications of this procedure can occur and point-of-care ultrasound can help to diagnose and manage some of these cases.
Luís Magalhães, Ramon Nogué
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Clinical application of the therapeutic ultrasound in urologic disease: Part II of therapeutic ultrasound in urology [PDF]

Investigative and Clinical Urology, 2022
This article aimed to review the clinical application and evidence of the therapeutic ultrasound in detail for urological diseases such as prostate cancer, kidney tumor, erectile dysfunction, and urolithiasis.
Minh-Tung Do , Tam Hoai Ly, Min Joo Choi , Sung Yong Cho   +3 more
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