Editorial Comment to Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy for distal ureteral calculi: Improved efficacy using low frequency
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Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy and transureteral lithotripsy in the treatment of impacted lower ureteral calculi.
INTRODUCTION We compared the efficacy of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (SWL) with ureteroscopy followed by transureteral lithotripsy (TUL) for the treatment of impacted distal ureteral calculi. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 96 patients with solitary impacted distal ureteral calculi were assigned into 2 groups of treatment with SWL (42 patients) and TUL (54 patients) with a 6.9-F se...
متن کاملA meta-analysis of the efficacy of ureteroscopic lithotripsy and extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy on ureteral calculi.
PURPOSE To re-evaluated the clinic efficacy of ureteroscopic lithotripsy (URS) and extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) on ureteral calculi with Cochrane systematic reviews in this paper. METHODS We searched clinical randomized controlled trials and prospective controlled trials in databases such as Cochrane library, Medline, Springer, Elsevier Science Direct, PubMed. Pooled estimate ...
متن کامل[Clinical application of Sonolith 2000 on Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy for renal and ureteral calculi].
The collaborate studies of clinical application of Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy (ESWL) using Sonolith 2000, performed at Departments of Urology of Nara Medical University, the University of Tokai School of Medicine and Wakayama Medical College between March and August 1987, were reported. In total 155 ESWL sessions were carried out on 111 patients suffering from in total 119 upper urin...
متن کامل[An investigation of factors associated with failure of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy for ureteral calculi].
In this study, we attempted to determine which patients with ureteral calculi are likely to have an unsuccessful outcome for extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL). The records of 388 patients with ureteral calculi treated with ESWL at Ijinkai Takeda General Hospital between January 1997 and December 1998 were retrospectively reviewed. Three hundred seventeen patients had been treated wit...
متن کاملExtracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy in prone and supine positions for patients with upper ureteral calculi.
INTRODUCTION The aim of this study was to evaluate the treatment of upper ureteral calculi with extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (SWL) in the supine and prone positions. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 68 patients with upper ureteral calculi underwent SWL. In 35 patients, the procedure was performed in the supine position (group 1), while in the 33 remainders, it was performed in the pr...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Urology
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0919-8172
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2012.03157.x