Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy for urinary stone disease: clinical experience with the electromagnetic lithotriptor 'Lithostar'.
400 urinary stone patients were treated with the electromagnetic lithotriptor Siemens 'Lithostar': 66.3% had renal stones and 33.7% had ureteral stones. Ninety percent of the treatments were performed under intravenous sedation only: 14.5% of the patients had more than one session. After 3 months more than 80% of the patients with a single stone smaller than 1.5 cm and 46% of the patients with stones larger than 2.5 cm were 'stone-free'.
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Department of Urology, University Clinics of Brussels, Erasme Hospital, Belgium.
Corbusier
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Mendes Leal
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Van den Bossche
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Wespes
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Van Regemorter
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Schulman
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D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D008096:Lithotripsy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation; D008297:Male; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D011859:Radiography; D014514:Ureteral Calculi / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*