title: Second-generation lithotripsy: a safe, noninvasive, ambulatory procedure.
abstract: A total of 600 patients underwent 696 treatments of extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy (ESWL) during the period between June and November 1987. Our progressively increasing experience with the second-generation device shows that this new unit is as effective as the conventional one, and reveals several advantages. The focusing of the stone is easier; therapy time is shorter; general or regional anesthesia is no longer necessary; distal ureteral stones can be disintegrated, and adjuvant procedures are easily performed during the ESWL session. Of the last 400 patients of our series, 76% were treated on an outpatient basis without any major complications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, University Clinics St. Pieter, Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Baert
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Claes
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Billiet
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: D'Hallewin
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Vandeursen
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Van Poppel
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000628:therapy*; D008096:Lithotripsy / Q000295:instrumentation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014514:Ureteral Calculi / Q000628:therapy*