National High Blood Pressure Education Program (NHBPEP) review paper on complications of shock wave lithotripsy for urinary calculi.
This decade has witnessed dramatic advances in the surgical management of urinary calculi. Today, most stones can be removed by minimally invasive means. In fact, the treatment of choice in 60% to 90% of patients with renal and ureteral calculi that need to be surgically removed is extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL). This article reviews indications for ESWL and discusses deleterious effects of ESWL.
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Division of Nephrology, Mayo Medical School and Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
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Hall
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Lingeman
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Preminger
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Resnick
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Segura
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D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000209:etiology; D008096:Lithotripsy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014545:Urinary Calculi / Q000628:therapy*