Painless lithotripsy: experience with 100 patients.
123 patients underwent 320 extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) sessions with the Wolf 'Piezolith 2200' lithotripter. The overall success rate, judged by adequate stone fragmentation into particles of 2 mm or less as seen on X-ray, was 92%. Few complications occurred. The lithotripter was easy to operate, and treatment was painless.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000628:therapy*; D008096:Lithotripsy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology