[Clinical application of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripter (SD-3) to upper urinary tract stones].
The extracorporeal shock wave lithotripter (SD-3) was used on 30 patients with upper urinary tract calculi from December, 1988 to March, 1989. At one month after the treatment, 11 patients (36.7%) were free from stones and 9 (30.0%) had stone fragments than 5 mm in diameter, making an effective rate of treatment of 66.7%. Gross hematuria, skin ecchymosis, pain and fever were observed as side effects, but none of them were serious. We concluded that extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy using SD-3 for upper urinary tract stones is an effective treatment without any serious side effects.
Honda
R
R
Department of Urology, Nippon Medical School.
Nishimura
T
T
Oki
M
M
Tsuboi
N
N
Yoshida
K
K
Akimoto
M
M
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000628:therapy*; D008096:Lithotripsy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014514:Ureteral Calculi / Q000628:therapy*