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Retroperitoneal laparoscopic pyelolithotomy versus extra corporeal shock-wave lithotripsy for management of renal stones

open access: yesJournal of Minimal Access Surgery, 2010
Aim: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the role of retroperitoneal laparoscopic pyelolithotomy (RPPL) and its comparison with extra corporeal shock wave lithotripsy in the management of renal calculi.
Chander Jagdish   +4 more
doaj  

Is shock wave lithotripsy safe in bleeding diathesis?

open access: yesIndian Journal of Urology, 2006
OBJECTIVE: To assess the safety of shock wave lithotripsy (SWL) in treatment of urinary calculi, in patients with bleeding diathesis. MATERIALS AND METHODS: From 1996 to 2004, seven patients with bleeding diathesis were treated by SWL for urolithiasis ...
Samiran Adhikary   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Efficacy of Combined Endoscopic Lithotomy and Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy, and Additional Electrohydraulic Lithotripsy Using the SpyGlass Direct Visualization System or X-Ray Guided EHL as Needed, for Pancreatic Lithiasis

open access: yesBioMed Research International, 2014
Introduction. To evaluate the efficacy of combined endoscopic lithotomy and extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL), and additional electrohydraulic lithotripsy (EHL) as needed, for the treatment of pancreatic duct stones, we retrospectively ...
Ken Ito   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Comparison of safety and outcomes of shock wave lithotripsy between elderly and non-elderly patients

open access: yesClinical Interventions in Aging, 2017
Yi-Zhong Chen,1 Wun-Rong Lin,1,2 Chih-Chiao Lee,1,2 Fang-Ju Sun,1,3 Yung-Chiong Chow,1,2 Wei-Kung Tsai,1,2 Pai-Kai Chiang,1,2 Ting-Po Lin,1,2 Marcelo Chen,1–3 Allen W Chiu1,4 1Department of Urology, MacKay Memorial Hospital, 2School of Medicine ...
Chen YZ   +9 more
doaj  

An experimental lithotripsy system for the study of shock wave effects

open access: yesArchives of Acoustics, 2015
The authors have developed a lithotripsy system and measurement set-up for the study of shock wave interaction with living tissues. The system consists of an electromagnetical shock wave generator, focusing lens and capacitance pressure pulse measuring ...
Leszek FILIPCZYŃSKI   +3 more
doaj  

Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy: An opinion on its future

open access: yesIndian Journal of Urology, 2014
The development of miniaturized nephroscopes which allow one-stage stone clearance with minimal morbidity has brought the role of shock wave lithotripsy (SWL) in stone management into question. Design innovations in SWL machines over the last decade have
J. Rassweiler   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Adjunctive medical expulsive therapy with tamsulosin for repeated extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy: a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]

open access: diamond, 2020
Wei Ouyang   +8 more
openalex   +1 more source

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