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Published on: May 9, 2018
[Initial results of the clinical use of a novel Russian lithotriptor LitURAT-UR]
Abstract:
By its performance characteristics LitURAT-UR lithotriptor is different from previous units made in Russia or abroad. Besides the double stone-directing system (ultrasound + x-ray), LitURAT-UR is furnished with two interchangeable generators of shock-wave impulses (electrohydraulic and electromagnetic) allowing effective destruction of any urolith. The TV system is able to control the interelectrode space and to change it in the course of lithotripsy. Efficiency of the new lithotriptor in different clinical forms of urolithiasis reached 93.1%. Thus, universal, effective and low-traumatic characteristics of the lithotriptor LitURAT-UR hold much promise for urological practice in Russia.
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