[Clinical investigation of the treatment of children urethral calculi with pneumatic lithotripsy under ureteroscopy].
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.
Guo
Hong-Qian
HQ
Department of Urology, Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210008, China.
Li
Xiao-Gong
XG
Gan
Wei-Dong
WD
Zeng
Ling-Qi
LQ
Zhang
Zhi-Wei
ZW
Sun
Xi-Zhao
XZ
Sun
Ze-Yu
ZY
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008096:Lithotripsy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D014514:Ureteral Calculi / Q000628:therapy*; D018666:Ureteroscopy