Second-generation lithotripsy: a safe, noninvasive, ambulatory procedure.
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.
Baert
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Department of Urology, University Clinics St. Pieter, Leuven, Belgium.
Claes
H
H
Billiet
I
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D'Hallewin
M
M
Vandeursen
H
H
Van Poppel
H
H
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*