title: [Extracorporeal piezogenerated shockwave lithotripsy. Our experience in 500 cases].
abstract: Between April 1987 and August 1988, 498 patients suffering renal or ureteral lithiasis, all of them with a 6 months or more follow-up period, have been treated in our Unit. Patients were treated in an ambulatory regime without need for anesthesia or analgesia. Up to 27% of the cases has surgical background for lithiasis. One hundred and twenty-six patients had a double J ureteral catheter placed prior to lithotripsy treatment. Fourty-four percent cases needed only one session, 25% two, 12% three and 18% more than three sessions. At the time of discharge 86% patients had no lithiasis or fragments less than 3 mm. Only 9% had fragments larger that 3 mm. It is our opinion than piezoelectric extracorporeal lithotripsy has been proven as a safe, effective and painless procedure in most renal lithiasis.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Litotricia, Clínica Quirón, Barcelona.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vargas Blasco
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Alcover García
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Gil-Vernet Sedo
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bianchi Cardona
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000628:therapy*; D008096:Lithotripsy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014514:Ureteral Calculi / Q000628:therapy*
vernacular_title: Litotricia extracorpórea por ondas de choque piezogeneradas. Nuestra experiencia en 500 casos.