Use of the lithotripter in the burned patient as an aid to mobilization.
A young lady with extensive burns and multiple fractures developed renal calculi, and repeated attacks of colic, accompanied by nausea and vomiting which delayed her hyperalimentation and mobilization. The insertion of J stents stopped these episodes of colic and the stones were eliminated by extracorporeal lithotripsy before the burn wounds were healed. Urinary infections cleared and rehabilitation thereafter was uncomplicated.
Wilkinson
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Plastic Surgery and Burns Unit, Queen Mary's Hospital, London, UK.
Clarke
J A
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D000328:Adult; D002056:Burns / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004434:Early Ambulation; D005260:Female; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000628:therapy*; D008096:Lithotripsy; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D015607:Stents; D014517:Ureteral Obstruction / Q000628:therapy