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Limitations of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy
Current Opinion in Urology, 2007Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) is the preferred modality for the treatment of renal and upper ureteric calculi. The present review focuses on the limitations of ESWL, where recent developments have tried to identify patients who are unlikely to succeed with ESWL and where improvements in shock wave delivery may increase successful stone ...
Sanjeev Madaan, Adrian D. Joyce
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Shock-Wave Lithotripsy for Renal Calculi
New England Journal of Medicine, 2012A 42-year-old man presents with a symptomatic kidney stone 12 mm in diameter. Treatment with extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy is recommended. Lithotripsy creates fluid shock waves that are transmitted through the body to cause fragmentation of kidney stones.
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Shock wave lithotripsy: The new phoenix?
World Journal of Urology, 2014Following its introduction in 1980, shock wave lithotripsy (SWL) rapidly emerged as the first-line treatment for the majority of patients with urolithiasis. Millions of SWL therapies have since been performed worldwide, and nowadays, SWL still remains to be the least invasive therapy modality for urinary stones.
Glenn M. Preminger +5 more
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Update on shock wave lithotripsy technology
Current Opinion in Urology, 2002Since the first patient was successfully treated with extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy in 1980, its rapid acceptance and widespread use have championed this form of stone therapy as the treatment of choice for the majority of renal and ureteral calculi.
Glenn M. Preminger, Brian K. Auge
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Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy in Childhood
Journal of Urology, 1987Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy is the treatment of choice for the majority of upper urinary calculi in adults. Technical limitations, including patient size and concerns over post-treatment stone fragment passage, have made the application of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy in children less clearly defined.
David L. McCullough +2 more
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History of shock wave lithotripsy
AIP Conference Proceedings, 2000The first reports on the fragmentation of human calculi with ultrasound appeared in the fifties. Initial positive results with an extracorporeal approach with continuous wave ultrasound could, however, not be reproduced. A more promising result was found by generating the acoustic energy either in pulsed or continuous form directly at the stone surface.
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Bioeffects of Shock Wave Lithotripsy
2012Injudicious use of shock wave lithotripsy can lead to unwanted effects. The acute bioeffects of shock waves such as renal hemorrhage can be reduced by a number of measures, which include pretreatment with shockwaves, slowing the firing rate, and reducing the total number of shock waves delivered and the power of the shock.
James E. Lingeman, Ehud Gnessin
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Extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy
Current Opinion in Urology, 1993A. Schmidt, F. Eisenberger
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