title: [Usefullness of the StoneBreaker lithotripter for percutaneous nephrolithotomy].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Urología, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, Madrid, España. almudenacoloma@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Almudena Coloma
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: del Peso
authors.forename: Inmaculada Fernández
authors.initials: IF
authors.lastname: González
authors.forename: Milagros Jiménez
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Gálvez
authors.forename: Pablo Garrido
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Abad
authors.forename: Gloria Bocardo
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Fajardo
authors.forename: Luis Miguel Herranz
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Fernández
authors.forename: Manuel Fernández
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Arjona
authors.forename: Lorenzo Herrero
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Torres
authors.forename: Ignacio Pereira
authors.initials: IP
authors.lastname: Sanz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008096:Lithotripsy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008297:Male; D009403:Nephrostomy, Percutaneous / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*