title: A prototype apparatus for microexplosion cystolithotripsy.
abstract: We developed a prototype apparatus for microexplosion lithotripsy in the urinary bladder according to our original idea. A model calculus in a pig bladder was successfully crushed by the apparatus and was removed by aspiration.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005107:Explosions; D005260:Female; D008722:Methods; D013525:Surgical Instruments; D013552:Swine; D001744:Urinary Bladder Calculi / Q000628:therapy*; D014546:Urinary Catheterization; D014572:Urology / Q000295:instrumentation*