[Extracorporeal lithotripsy in a young child. Use of the EDAP LT 01 apparatus in a 20-month-old girl].
The possibility for treating adults with renal stone by extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy is proved to be an effective method. However, up to now, a few cases in the world were reported in childhood, never before the patient was 3 years old; although 65% of urinary stones in children can be observed before 3 years. We report the first successful application of the EDAP lithotriptor in the management of a twenty months little girl with upper urinary stone. We conclude that this treatment must be developed in future.
Alessandrini
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P
Service de Chirurgie Pédiatrique, Hôpital Nord, Marseille.
Coulange
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C
Ovalles
J
J
Hernandez
F
F
Aubrespy
P
P
D000367:Age Factors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D008096:Lithotripsy / Q000295:instrumentation; D014567:Urography
Lithotritie extra-corporelle chez le jeune enfant. Utilisation de l'appareil EDAP LT 01 chez une fillette de 20 mois.