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Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy - A Six-month Follow-up

A thousand urolithiasis patients were treated by the method of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy using a Siemens Lithostar second-generation lithotriptor. Data obtained three and six months after the treatment were analyzed. The study group comprised 518 males and 482 females, mean age 45.25 years. Medication with analgetics and occasionally sedatives was required in 9.6% of patients. Anesthesia was administered only in children, and when the method was combined with percutaneous nephrolithotripsy or ureterorenoscopy (22 patients). Out of 1194 stones, 27, 81% were situated in the renal pelvis and pelvicoureteral segment, 39, 29% in calices, and 22.01% in the ureter. More than three stones in the pelvis pelvicoureteral segment, 39, 29% in calices, and 22, 01% in the ureter. More than three stones in the pelvis and calices of the same kidney were regarded as multiple stones and registeree as a single case (4, 52%). There were 6, 37% of staghorn stones. The sccess rate of nearly 90% coincided with the results reported by other authors and once again presented extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy as a method of choice in the treatment of urinary stones.

lithotripsy; urinary calculi

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