title: [Current status of extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy].
abstract: Extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy has become an established standard procedure for the treatment of nephrolithiasis. Almost 100 lithotripters are installed in large and medium-sized urological departments in Germany. The number of treatments per year averages 660 ESWL sessions per hospital. Multifunctional use and non-urological ESWL therapy ensure maximum utilization of the lithotripter units. In additional hospitals mobile lithotripsy is provided. At present there is a trend toward ambulatory ESWL treatment.
authors: Abteilung Urologie, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen.
authors: D M
authors: DM
authors: Wilbert
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Jocham
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Eisenberger
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Chaussy
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000639:trends; D005544:Forecasting; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006755:Hospital Shared Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D008096:Lithotripsy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends
vernacular_title: Aktuelle Situation der extrakorporalen Stosswellenlithotripsie.