Results of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy in young children.
Between 1985 and 1988, 2,200 patients were treated at our institution by extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy.  Forty-two children were included in this group and ranged in age from 3-8 years.  Weight and height range was 13-28 kg and 82-126 cm, respectively.  In order to treat children in this height and weight range some technical changes had to be made to the gantry chair of the Dornier HM-3 lithotripter.  All children had upper urinary tract calculi with stone size ranging from 0.8-2.5 cm. The total number of treatments in these 42 children was 51, and the number of shock waves did not exceed 900 per session at 18 kV.  A stone-free rate of 85% was achieved at 3-month follow-up.
Department of Urology, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.
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D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008096:Lithotripsy / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014545:Urinary Calculi / Q000628:therapy*