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Use of the lithotripter in the burned patient as an aid to mobilization
1Plastic Surgery and Burns Unit, Queen Mary's Hospital, London, UK.
A young lady with extensive burns and multiple fractures developed renal calculi, and repeated attacks of colic, accompanied by nausea and vomiting which delayed her hyperalimentation and mobilization. The insertion of J stents stopped these episodes of colic and the stones were eliminated by extracorporeal lithotripsy before the burn wounds were healed. Urinary infections cleared and rehabilitation thereafter was uncomplicated.
A young lady with extensive burns and multiple fractures developed renal calculi, and repeated attacks of colic, accompanied by nausea and vomiting which delayed her hyperalimentation and mobilization. The insertion of J stents stopped these episodes of colic and the stones were eliminated by extracorporeal lithotripsy before the burn wounds were healed. Urinary infections cleared and rehabilitation thereafter was uncomplicated.