title: Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy in 5 patients with aortic aneurysm.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The safety and efficacy of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL*) in patients with an aortic aneurysm were assessed.
  
  
  METHODS
  Five patients with an aortic aneurysm and symptomatic renal (4) or upper ureteral (1) lithiasis underwent ESWL with either an HM3 or HM4 lithotriptor.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The procedure was well tolerated in all patients. The stone was fragmented completely in the 4 patients with renal lithiasis, while 1 with ureteral lithiasis also required ureteroscopic extraction of the stone fragments.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  For patients with symptomatic renal stones and an aortic aneurysm ESWL may be the treatment of choice.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, University of Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Deliveliotis
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kostakopoulos
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Stavropoulos
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Karagiotis
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kyriazis
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dimopoulos
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D008096:Lithotripsy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D014514:Ureteral Calculi / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*