title: [ESWL with the Lithostar--experience with 3,000 treatments].
abstract: The experiences with 3,000 extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsies of kidney and ureteral calculi using the Lithostar are reported. Indications, contraindications and therapeutic approach are reviewed and the importance of out-patient follow-up is stressed. The success rate of 75% (including further spontaneous passage of residual desintegrated calculi) is good in the view of an unselected and unfavourable patient population. In the other patients a second ESWL treatment may be necessary. In the initial period in 6% of the patients percutaneous nephrolitholapaxy or open operation have been performed whereas in the last 100 patients it was not necessary.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Urologie, Bereiches Medizin (Charité), Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Brien
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bick
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kirschner
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Althaus
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tutschku
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Christoph
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D000075202:Contraindications; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000628:therapy; D008096:Lithotripsy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009403:Nephrostomy, Percutaneous; D014514:Ureteral Calculi / Q000628:therapy; D001744:Urinary Bladder Calculi / Q000628:therapy; D014545:Urinary Calculi / Q000628:therapy*
vernacular_title: ESWL mit dem Lithostar--Erfahrungen bei 3,000 Behandlungen.