title: Outpatient extracorporeal lithotripsy of kidney stones: 1,200 treatments.
abstract: 1,200 extracorporeal lithotripsies have been performed in 816 patients. 58% of the stones had a diameter of 3-10 mm, 41% measured between 11 and 20 mm and 1% were larger than 20 mm. The patients were all treated on an outpatient basis without either anesthesia or analgesia. The mean time spent at the lithotripsy center was 2 h: the mean treatment time was 46 min, i.e. 3,450 shocks at a frequency of 1.25/s. 530 patients were reviewed after 3 months. Overall, 64% of them were stone free. These results varied between 73% for stones less than 10 mm in diameter and 43% for stones larger than 20 mm in diameter. 69% of the patients presenting with a single stone were stone free at 3 months. The best results were obtained in upper caliceal stones (78%) and the least satisfactory results were obtained in the lower caliceal stones (68%). The complication rate was low: renal colic in 18% of cases, fever in 2% of cases. Altogether, 13 disobstructions were required, namely 12 endoscopic and 1 surgical. 33% of patients were retreated without admission to hospital. Outpatient extracorporeal piezoelectric lithotripsy is indicated for renal pelvic or caliceal stones less than 20 mm in diameter situated in a nonobstructed renal cavity, in a noninfected patient without any particular risk factors. 85% of patients are currently treated at the lithotripsy center on an outpatient basis.
authors.affiliation: CMC de la Porte de Choisy, Department of Urology, Paris, France.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vallancien
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Defourmestraux
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Léo
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Puissan
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Veillon
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Brisset
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D008096:Lithotripsy / Q000009:adverse effects; D013997:Time Factors