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Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy for urinary stone disease: our experience
G Morgia1, G Costantino, A Nicosia
1Chair of Surgical Nephrology, University of Catania.
Archivio Italiano Di Urologia, Nefrologia, Andrologia : Organo Ufficiale Dell'Associazione Per La Ricerca in Urologia = Urological, Nephrological, and Andrological Sciences
|June 1, 1992
Abstract:
The authors report results of an 18 month study on ESWL treatment for calculosis of different tracts of the urinary apparatus. Average success rate is 80%, even if it varies depending on the site and size of the calculus. Surgery and PCN are required only in cases of unsuccessful treatment or particular forms of lithiasis. ESWL has determined advanced in the treatment of renoureteral stones in the last decade. However some significant generalized complications observed in our patients at follow-up raise doubts concerning possible, unforeseable long term effects of ESWL treatment.