title: [Study, treatment and follow-up of 379 patients with urinary tract lithiasis].
abstract: Between May 1988 and December 1989, 369 patients were seen at our lithiasis unit. During that time the Unit had neither "percutaneous nephroscope" nor "ureterorenoscope". Twenty-three percent of the patients were not susceptible to therapy either due to spontaneous extrusion of their lithiasis or because it was not considered indicated. Of the remaining 77% (296 cases) 94.5% were referred for extracorporeal lithotrity with shock waves, of which 89.8 were monotherapy and 4.7% a combination with other strategies (medico-lithic, surgical, endoscopic extrusion). At the time of collecting the results, 216 patients had undergone some treatment. In those receiving shock waves, an EDAP piezoelectric lithotripter was used in 19.9% and a HM3-Dornier in 80% of the cases. Taking into consideration the overall resulted from last examination of each patient, 67% were free from lithiasic residues, 25% had residues under 4 mm, and 7.7% residues over 4 mm. 19.4% of the patients developed some kind of complication and 9 patients had to be admitted to hospital.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Urología del Hospital Universitario Príncipe de Asturias de Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Guil Cid
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rodríguez de Bethencourt
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dehaini
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jiménez Cidre
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cruces
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fernández Fernández
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hontoria
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Ramírez Fernández
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000628:therapy*; D008096:Lithotripsy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014514:Ureteral Calculi / Q000628:therapy*
vernacular_title: Estudio, tratamiento y seguimiento de 379 pacientes con litiasis del aparato urinario.