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Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy in 5 patients with aortic aneurysm
C Deliveliotis1, A Kostakopoulos, N Stavropoulos
1Department of Urology, University of Athens, Greece.
The Journal of Urology
|November 1, 1995
Abstract
Purpose:
The safety and efficacy of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL*) in patients with an aortic aneurysm were assessed.
Materials And Methods:
Five patients with an aortic aneurysm and symptomatic renal (4) or upper ureteral (1) lithiasis underwent ESWL with either an HM3 or HM4 lithotriptor.
Results:
The procedure was well tolerated in all patients. The stone was fragmented completely in the 4 patients with renal lithiasis, while 1 with ureteral lithiasis also required ureteroscopic extraction of the stone fragments.
Conclusions:
For patients with symptomatic renal stones and an aortic aneurysm ESWL may be the treatment of choice.