Intracorporeal lithotripsy. Instrumentation and development.
This article describes the history of intracorporeal lithotripsy and the impact of previous techniques on modern devices. Technical and clinical specifics for several historical and current intracorporeal lithotripsy methods are described.
Grocela
J A
JA
Department of Urology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA.
Dretler
S P
SP
D004867:Equipment Design; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008096:Lithotripsy / Q000266:history / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods