ESWL treatment of urinary calculi.
A total of 711 patients with symptomatic upper and lower urinary tract calculi underwent extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy (ESWL) at the Ohio Kidney Stone Center during the first six months. At follow-up 84 percent of the first 180 patients are stone-free. Retreatment was required for 2.8 percent of the patients with residual stone material. Thirty-seven percent of the treatments required cystoscopy with ureteral stent placement for manipulation of stones or delineation of distal ureteral anatomy to facilitate ESWL. Complications were minimal at less than 3 percent.
Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus.
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Drago
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Nesbitt
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Smith
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D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006759:Hospital-Physician Joint Ventures; D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000628:therapy*; D008096:Lithotripsy; D008297:Male; D009820:Ohio; D013997:Time Factors; D014514:Ureteral Calculi / Q000628:therapy*