Extra corporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) procedure in urology

Since 1980, extra corporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) has become the first line treatment for most stones in adults and children. The indications are based on criteria depending on localization, chemical composition and size of the renal and ureteral calculi. Since the DORNIER HM 3 which remains...

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Published in:Annales d'urologie 2005-06, Vol.39 (3-4), p.137
Main Author: Doré, B
Format: Article
Language:fre
Subjects:
Analgesia - methods
Humans
Kidney Calculi - therapy
Lithotripsy - instrumentation
Lithotripsy - methods
Outpatients
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Summary:Since 1980, extra corporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) has become the first line treatment for most stones in adults and children. The indications are based on criteria depending on localization, chemical composition and size of the renal and ureteral calculi. Since the DORNIER HM 3 which remains the gold standard of first generation lithotripters, many devices of second and third generation have been built (electro hydrolic, piezo electric and electromagnetic) with fluoroscopic and ultrasound localization systems. SWL may now be performed on an out-patient basis without anaesthesia or under neuroleptic analgesia. Indications and evaluation criteria on 3 months plain abdominal X-ray are better defined since 1996. Nevertheless, comparison of reported results remains difficult due to the multiplicity of lithotripter types and the lack of consensus on efficacy criteria. Today, the third generation of mobile electromagnetic lithotripters give an average of 80% stone free rate of patients with kidney and ureteral calculi whatever the localization and size.
ISSN:0003-4401
DOI:10.1016/j.anuro.2005.07.002