title: [An overview of extracorporeal lithotriptors in current clinical use: technical notes].
abstract: ASWL ten years ago opened a new era for kidney stone treatment and recently it's showing a new therapeutical approach to biliary stones. Dornier HM3 is since 1983 the first lithotripter with a wide clinical employment. Actually we know about twenty extracorporeal lithotripter in clinical use. Our review try to classify old and new extracorporeal lithotripsy devices looking at technical aspects and lithotripsy center organization.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Montanari
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zanetti
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mandressi
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mazza
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ceresoli
mesh_terms: D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000628:therapy*; D008096:Lithotripsy / Q000145:classification / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014514:Ureteral Calculi / Q000628:therapy*
vernacular_title: Panoramica sui litotritori extracorporei attualmente in uso clinico: note techniche.