...Masatoshi Tanaka; Tetsuro Matsumoto; Shinichiro Kitada; Joichi Kumazawa; Sanshin Hara The authors conducted limulus tests of assay blood endotoxin in order to study the fever which often develops after ultrasonic lithotripsy (USL) and extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL). Assays...

...Bill Pettersson; Hans-Göran Tiselius Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) was used for treatment of 105 patients with ureteral stones. There were 77 stones in the upper part of the ureter, i.e. above the pelvic brim, and 28 in the lower part, i.e. below the sacroiliac joint. Successful...

...J. Frick; R. Kohle; G. Kunit In 14 children, aged 2-14 years, extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy was performed for renal and ureteral calculi. In 12 out of 14 children, including 1 patient with a staghorn calculus, complete stone clearance was achieved within the first 3 months following...

...S. Ikemoto; T. Sugimoto; K. Yamamoto; M. Maekawa Ureteral calculi were treated by transurethral uretereoscopy and extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy(ESWL), and the results were compared. Rigid transurethral ureteroscopy was performed in 50 patients, and 10 of 22 stones located in the upper...

...Masanobu Shigeta; Mutsuo Hayashi; Mikio Igawa The present study was carried out to determine the relationship between fever( = 38 ° C) after extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) and the history of bacteriuria before ESWL. The subjects of this study comprised 958 patients. Significant...

...Cesare Selli; Marco Carini One hundred and twenty patients with large renal calculi (> 3 cm), who had not undergone previous stone-debulking procedures, were treated with extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) monotherapy using a Domier HM3 lithotripter. Stones were divided into four...

... responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy Urinary calculi Ureter European Urology Research Paper EurUrol 1997;31:493-496 1602916 Wei-Chuan Chen...

..., instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Complications, ESWL Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy Solitary kidney European Urology A. Vuksanovic S. Micie V. Petronic N. Bojanic Clinic of Urology, University Clinical Center, Belgrade, Yugoslavia Clinical Paper European...

...Bülent Semerci; Ayhan Verit; Oktay Nazli; Özlem Ilbey; Ceyhun Özyurt; Necmettin Çikili Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy(ESWL) in renal anomalies. Material and Methods: From 1991 to May 1995,53 patients with calculi in anomalous kidneys presented to our...

...S. Ballaci; R. Kohle; G. Kunit; H. Joos; J. Frick In 76 patients (53 women and 23 men) aged 24-92 years, extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) was performed between June 1986 and December 1988 as monotherapy for large kidney stones (diameter > 2.5 cm). There were 41 complete and 24...

...K.S.J. W. Ackaert; W.C.J. Hop; C.A. Heemskerk; F.H. Schroder At present, outpatient extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) is practiced in many centers for the treatment of urinary calculi. The safety of outpatient treatment is diffult to assess, no appropriate indications and criteria...

...-free rate after 3 months of 78%. Lithostar plus Ultrasound localization Overhead module Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy 1992 Copyright / Drug Dosage / Disclaimer Copyright: All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be translated into other languages, reproduced...

...A. Verbaeys Recent developments in technology, such as extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy and endoscopic tools for renoscopy and ureteroscopy, have dramatically changed the way supravesical urolithiasis is treated. In Belgium, all medical acts are recorded by the Belgian State Institute...

...P. Puppo; P. Bottino; F. Germinale; C. Caviglia; G. Ricciotti Stones situated anteriorly cannot be satisfactorily reached with extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy(ESWL) in the supine position. By assuming the prone position, patients with stones in horseshoe or ectopic kidneys or in the iliac...

...Marcellan Ruiz; L. Ibarz Servio; M. Ramon Dalmau Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) has been the fundamental treatment applied to 88 patients with renal calculi in a solitary kidney. Epidemiological information is given, including lithiasis antecedents and associated pathologies as well...

...A.F. Bierkens; A.J.M. Hendrikx; K. Ezz El Din; J.J.M.C.H. de la Rosette; A. Horrevorts; W. Doesburg; F.M.J. Debruyne Introduction: There are controversies in the literature regarding the need for and duration of antibiotic prophylaxis in patients treated with extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy...

...J. Frick; K. Sarica; R. Köhle; G. Kunit In 34 children (25 girls and 9 boys), aged 1-14 years, extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) was performed for renal and ureteral calculi between March 1985 and December 31,1989. The patients were treated with the HM3-Domier lithotripter under general...

.... Percutaneous nephrostomy Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy Chemolysis Uric acid stone i Eur Urol 1991;19:209-212 ©1991 S Karger AG, Basel 0302-2838/91/0193-0209$2.75/0 Experience with Percutaneous Nephrostomy, Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy and Chemolysis in the Treatment of Obstructive Uric...

...Suat Özgür; Ali Erol; Zeki Günes; Izak Dalva; Selahattin Çetin The results of primary in situ extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy of upper ureteral calculi were analyzed retrospectively in 491 eligible patients. The treatment was successful in 371 patients (76%). Degree of obstruction, stone size...

...T. Kishimoto; M. Senju; T. Sugimoto; K. Yamamoto; W. Sakamoto; M. Iimori; T. Kanasawa; S. Wada; M. Maekawa In order to study the effects of high energy shock wave exposure on the kidney in extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) using Domier HM3, renal hemodynamics and renal function before...