title: [Extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy: an alternative treatment for lithiasis of caliceal diverticula].
abstract: Among all the patients treated in our Lithotrity Unit, 13 of them had lithiasis inside the calyceal diverticulum. They were all treated by extracorporeal shockwaves. In none of the cases complete expulsion of lithiasic mass was achieved. In 3 (23%) cases it was reduced to half. In 2 (15.3%), 75% of the initial mass remained; and in 8 (61.5%) stones were fragmented but none of their debris was eliminated. Out of all the patients who were symptomatic before starting treatment, only 36.6% become asymptomatic. Extracorporeal lithotrity is, therefore, an approach with limited results in the calyceal intradiverticular lithiasis.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Urología, Hospital Universitario la Fé, Valencia, España.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: García Reboll
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pontones
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Boronat
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Vera
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Broseta
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cuñat
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Jiménez Cruz
mesh_terms: D004240:Diverticulum / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D007670:Kidney Calices / Q000473:pathology; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D008096:Lithotripsy
vernacular_title: Litotricia extracorpórea por ondas de choque: una alternativa al tratamiento de las litiasis de divertículos caliciales.