[Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) in children: our experience in 1995].
OBJECTIVE
The present study reviews our experience and analyzes the results achieved with extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy in the treatment of urinary calculi in children.


METHODS
From 1985 to 1995, 36 children, with ages ranging from 5 months to 14 years, were treated by ESWL, and in some cases by combination therapy (percutaneous nepholithectomy and/or ureteroscopy).


RESULTS
Excellent results were achieved in 74.9% of the patients; of these, 52.7% were stone-free 2 to 90 days after treatment.


CONCLUSIONS
Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy is the treatment of choice in children with urinary lithiasis, although there are some exceptions. The method of evaluation and treatment in children are the same as in the adult patients.
Butori
G
G
Unidad de Urología, Clínica La Luz, Madrid, España.
Iglesias Prieto
J I
JI
Mancebo Gómez
J M
JM
Massarra Halabi
J
J
Cisneros Ledo
J
J
Pérez-Castro Ellendt
E
E
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008096:Lithotripsy; D008297:Male; D014545:Urinary Calculi / Q000628:therapy*
Litotricia extracorpórea por ondas de choque (ESWL) en niños: nuestra experiencia en 1.995.