title: [Clinical investigation of the treatment of children urethral calculi with pneumatic lithotripsy under ureteroscopy].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the therapeutic effects of pneumatic lithotripsy on children urethral calculi.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty-two cases of the male children with urethral calculi were treated with pneumatic lithotripsy under ureteroscopy.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All the patients were treated successfully in a single procedure. The time of lithotripsy was (5.5 +/- 2.2) minutes, and no serious complication such as obvious hematuria, infection and urethral stricture occurred.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is suggested that pneumatic lithotripsy under ureteroscopy is an effective and simple way for the treatment of urethral calculi in children.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210008, China.
authors.forename: Hong-Qian
authors.initials: HQ
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Xiao-Gong
authors.initials: XG
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Wei-Dong
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Gan
authors.forename: Ling-Qi
authors.initials: LQ
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.forename: Zhi-Wei
authors.initials: ZW
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Xi-Zhao
authors.initials: XZ
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Ze-Yu
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Sun
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008096:Lithotripsy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D014514:Ureteral Calculi / Q000628:therapy*; D018666:Ureteroscopy