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Treatment of salivary stones by extracorporeal lithotripsy
P Aïdan1, E De Kerviler, A LeDuc
1Department of Otolaryngology, Radiology, and Urology, St Louis Hôspital, Paris, France.
American Journal of Otolaryngology
|July 1, 1996
Abstract
Purpose:
This study was designed to evaluate the efficacy of extracorporeal lithotripsy (ECL) in the treatment of salivary stones.
Patients And Methods:
In a prospective study, an additional 15 patients suffering from sialolithiasis were treated by applying extracorporeally generated shock waves. No patients needed general anaesthesia, sedatives, or analgesics.
Results:
Treatment was effective in 80% of the 15 patients in this series (5 total efficacy and 7 partial efficacy). Only minor complications were observed.
Conclusion:
Lithotripsy is a promising nonsurgical therapy for the treatment of sialolithiasis.