title: Extracorporeal lithotripsy and combined surgical procedures in the treatment of renoureteral stone disease: our experience with 2,955 patients.
abstract: From May, 1985 to August, 1987, a total of 2,955 patients with renoureteral stone disease presented at our institution and were treated either by extracorporeal lithotripsy alone or combined with percutaneous nephrolithotomy, ureteroscopy, or open surgery. Seventy-three percent of patients were stone-free at the 3 month follow-up date while 22% presented with negative urine culture and small (less than 5 mm) asymptomatic fragments deemed susceptible to spontaneous discharge. The rate of major complications was extremely low (sepsis, 0.03% and major renal bleeding, 1.55%). The application of this multimodal therapeutic strategy allowed successful treatment in almost every case of renoureteral lithiasis with minor iatrogenic damage to the renal parenchyma.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rigatti
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Francesca
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Montorsi
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Consonni
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Guazzoni
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Di Girolamo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D008096:Lithotripsy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D014514:Ureteral Calculi / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*