[Usefullness of the StoneBreaker lithotripter for percutaneous nephrolithotomy].
OBJECTIVE
Throughout the history, many devices have been used for breaking urinary tract stones. StoneBreaker (LMA Urology, Gland, Switzerland) is a second generation of intracorporeal lithotripter, pneumatic and portable, which adds several new advantages, like effectiveness in stone fragmentation and easy handling, very useful during percutaneous lithotripsy.


RESULTS
We report the case of a 40 year-old male patient, with a left kidney pyelic lithiasis, who was treated by percutaneous lithotripsy, under general anaesthesia, with StoneBreaker (LMA Urology, Gland, Switzerland) as lithotripter.


CONCLUSIONS
StoneBreaker (LMA Urology, Gland, Switzerland) is a lithotripter usable with rigid and semirigid ureteroscopes, much more powerful than its predecessors. It is able to decrease the number of shocks necessary for stone fragmentation, without bigger tissue reaction. It also has a more comfortable design due to the absence of connections, and its power by replaceable carbon dioxide cartridges.
del Peso
Almudena Coloma
AC
Servicio de Urología, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, Madrid, España. almudenacoloma@hotmail.com
González
Inmaculada Fernández
IF
Gálvez
Milagros Jiménez
MJ
Abad
Pablo Garrido
PG
Fajardo
Gloria Bocardo
GB
Fernández
Luis Miguel Herranz
LM
Arjona
Manuel Fernández
MF
Torres
Lorenzo Herrero
LH
Sanz
Ignacio Pereira
IP
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008096:Lithotripsy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008297:Male; D009403:Nephrostomy, Percutaneous / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*