[Treatment of ureteral calculi with ballistic lithoclast].
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the availability of ballistic lithoclast in treatment of ureteral calculi.


METHODS
Totally 625 patients with ureteral calculi were treated with ballistic lithoclast by rigid ureteroscopy.


RESULTS
Totally 610 patients were treated successfully by ballistic lithoclast with a cure rate of 97.6% (90.3% in upper ureter, 96.8% in middle ureter, 100% in lower ureter). The average time of lithoclast was (5.0 +/- 2.8) minutes and the stone-free rate was 99.2%.


CONCLUSIONS
Ballistic lithoclast combined with rigid ureteroscopy is safe and effective in treating ureteral calculi.
Zeng
Shao-ming
SM
Department of Urology, the Second People's Hospital of Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518035, China. zengshaoming@21cn.com
Chang
Jiang-ping
JP
Wang
Feng
F
Wu
Feng
F
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008096:Lithotripsy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014514:Ureteral Calculi / Q000628:therapy*; D020709:Ureteroscopes