title: [Experience with extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy of upper urinary tract stones].
abstract: The first 121 cases of upper urinary tract stone treated by extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) at our clinic were analyzed. Three months after ESWL, 78% of the patients became stone free, and 17% of the patients had residual stone fragments which were less than 5 mm in diameter and considered passable. The success rate was therefore about 94.6%. No severe side effects were observed, although temporary elevations in serum creatinine phosphokinase, lactate dehydrogenase, glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase, aldolase and total bilirubin occurred. These results indicated that ESWL was a safe and effective procedure for upper urinary tract stones.
authors: Department of Urology, Osaka City University Medical School.
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Yamamoto
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Kishimoto
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Iimori
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Yoshihara
authors: Y
authors: Y
authors: Takemoto
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Sugimoto
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Nariyama
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Maekawa
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000628:therapy*; D008096:Lithotripsy; D008297:Male; D014514:Ureteral Calculi / Q000628:therapy*