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Combined extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy and percutaneous alkalinization in uric acid calculi
H Vandeursen1, G Pittomvils, L Baert
1Department of Urology, University Hospital St. Pieter, Belgium.
Urologia Internationalis
|January 1, 1991
Abstract:
The combination of percutaneous alkaline irrigation and lithotripsy was performed in 5 cases of uric acid calculi obstructing the ureter. Shock wave lithotripsy accelerates the dissolution of uric acid stones.