Use of retrograde lavage catheter during ESWL treatments.
Use of a retrograde lavage catheter utilizing a Water-Pik for the removal of stone fragments during an extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy (ESWL) treatment is described. Three of 4 patients treated to date have been essentially stone-free at the end of their ESWL treatment. Urinary extravasation and ureteral stricturing have not occurred.
Whelan
J P
JP
Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville.
Finlayson
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D000328:Adult; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000628:therapy*; D007682:Kidney Pelvis; D008096:Lithotripsy / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013396:Suction / Q000295:instrumentation; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation / Q000295:instrumentation; D014546:Urinary Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods