title: [Non-mechanical disintegration of urinary stone].
abstract: Noninvasive therapy for urolithiasis such as percutaneous nephroureterolithotomy (PNL) has progressed rapidly during the last few years. Several kinds of non-mechanical disintegration methods such as electrohydraulic lithotripsy, ultrasound lithotripsy, stone disintegration by laser irradiation, electric drill disintegration, microexplosion lithotripsy and extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy have contributed to this advancement. However, these methods are not without some problems, such as effect and technique. This paper describes the theory and effectiveness of these non-mechanical methods except extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy, especially of microexplosion lithotripsy in detail.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Kyolo Prefectural University of Medicine.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Uchida
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008096:Lithotripsy / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D014514:Ureteral Calculi / Q000628:therapy; D001744:Urinary Bladder Calculi / Q000628:therapy; D014545:Urinary Calculi / Q000628:therapy*