[Clinical experience and results in the treatment of 4402 patients with solitary urinary calculi with the extracorporeal shock wave lithotripter Dornier MFL-500].
OBJECTIVE
To report the series of our Urology Department in the treatment of urinary stone disease with extracorporeal lithotripsy as well as the effectiveness of the Dornier lithotripter MFL-5000.


METHODS
6.602 patients were treated by extracorporeal lithotripsy during 12 years with a total of 17.120 sessions. We examined the treatment outcome of 4.402 patients with a solitary stone, accordingly to stone size and localization.


RESULTS
There were no major complications and only 43 patients experienced "calle litiásica". We treated 4.402 stones. For all stones, independently of size and localization, 2615 (59.4%) were treated in one session, 801 (18.2%) required two sessions, 379 (8.6%) 3 sessions, 213 (4.8%) 4 sessions and 373 (8.4%) 5 or more sessions.


CONCLUSIONS
The Dornier MFL-5000 lithotripter successfully treated urinary stone disease in patients of all age groups with a retreatment rate and number of sessions per stone similar to other studies, without analgesia or anesthetic procedures, except in the younger age group.
Palacios
Alberto
A
Servicio de Urología, Centro Hospitalar Vila Real-Peso da Régua, Vila Real, Portugal. aphmmx5@hotmail.com
Rodrigues
Filipe
F
Soares
Mário Jorge
MJ
Morais
Adérito
A
Mendes
Apolinário
A
Pinheiro
Jorge
J
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008096:Lithotripsy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014545:Urinary Calculi / Q000628:therapy*