Synchronized extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy may still affect the heart: a case report of perioperative ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction [PDF]
Frontiers in Medicine, 2023 Extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy (ESWL) is widely used as a primary treatment for urolithiasis and is performed as an elective outpatient surgical procedure because of its ease of use.
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Renal Rupture Following Extracorporeal Shockwave Lithotripsy [PDF]
Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2014 days status post extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy. The patient described a three-day history of worsening left-sided abdominal pain immediately following the procedure.
Sam S. Torbati +3 more
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Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy [PDF]
Archivos espanoles de urologia, 1990 After circumcision the first operations done on man were for bladder stone. Done by charlatans the operation often resulted in loss of life and caused the early lithotomists to maintain a peripatetic existence, vanishing from the town the night after ...
Talati, Jamsheer J
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Post-extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy perirenal haematoma. [PDF]
BMJ Case Rep, 2018 A previously healthy 50-year-old man presented with intermittent left flank pain for 3 months. The patient denied any history of diabetes and hypertension. On evaluation with X-ray Kidney-Ureter-Bladder and ultrasound (USG) of abdomen, he was found to have left upper ureteric calculus (size: 13 mm) with left mild hydronephrosis and normal right kidney.
Pandey S, Garg G, Agarwal S, Aggarwal A.
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Perinephric Hematoma with Active Arterial Hemorrhage following Extracorporeal Shockwave Lithotripsy [PDF]
Case Reports in Urology, 2019 Subcapsular hematoma is an exceedingly rare complication of extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy (ESWL) for renal stones with cases demonstrating evidence of active arterial bleeding even more so. A 49-year-old male presented with acute onset right flank
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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 +3 more
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Extremely-slow, half-number shockwave lithotripsy for asymptomatic renal stones <20 mm [PDF]
Investigative and Clinical Urology, 2021 Purpose: To compare the treatment success rate and safety of reduced (30 shocks/min, 1,200 shocks/session) versus standard (60 shocks/min, 2,400 shocks/session) extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy for the management of renal stones.
Katsuhiro Ito +5 more
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How to maximize the efficacy of shockwave lithotripsy
Urology Research and Practice, 2020 Since its introduction in the early 1980s, extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy (ESWL) has proven to be a minimally invasive and efficient procedure for the management of renal calculi.
Neophytos Petrides +3 more
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Treatment of renal stones by extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy - An update [PDF]
, 2001 Aim: Despite the extensive experience with minimal invasive stone therapy, there are still different views on the ideal management of renal stones. Materials and Methods: Analysis of the literature includes more than 14,000 patients.
Chaussy, Christian +3 more
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Recent finding and new technologies in nephrolithiasis: a review of the recent literature [PDF]
, 2013 This review summarizes recent literature on advances regarding renal and ureteral calculi, with particular focus in areas of recent advances in the overall field of urolithiasis.
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