title: Lithotripsy for kidney stones.
abstract: Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy or extracorporeal lithotripsy has become the preferred method of treatment for most renal calculi. Since its introduction in 1980 in Munich, Germany, over 3 million patients worldwide have been treated on more than 1100 machines, using a variety of shock-wave generators to disintegrate kidney stones.
authors.affiliation: Victorian Lithotripsy Service, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne.
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authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Costello
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000628:therapy*; D008096:Lithotripsy / Q000009:adverse effects