BACKGROUND Soft tissue injuries and tendinopathies account for large numbers of chronic musculoskeletal disorders. Extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT) is popular, and effective in the management of chronic tendon conditions in the elbow, shoulder, and pain at and around the heel. METHODS/DESIGN Ethical approval was granted from the South East London Research Ethics Committee to implement ...

This review presents current understanding of mechanisms action extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT) and provides a brief overview its history development. The central purpose this is to synthesize research findings investigating the effectiveness ESWT for seven common tendinopathies (plantar heel pain, rotator cuff, lateral elbow, Achilles, gluteal, hamstring patellar tendinopathy) provide ...

Material & Methods: A total of 250 patients were evaluated for ESWL results. The one session comprised of 1500-2500 shocks with intermittent fluoroscopy with X-Ray focusing. A period of 7 – 10 days was given between two sessions. The procedure was repeated till the clearance of stone no matter what was the number of sessions. The complications like pain, colic, hematuria were addressed adequate...

This study was conducted on one hundred and eight patients to determine the stone clearance rate with respect to NCCT –HU density of the stone. Various statistical measures were applied for assessing the predictability about the success of ESWL therapy for that stone’s HUD. As per the final analysis of the study we can conclude that Hounsfield Unit Density bears significant relationship for pre...

The temporal and spatial dynamics of cavitation bubble cloud growth and collapse in extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) is studied experimentally. The first objective is obtaining reproducible cloud patterns experimentally and comparing them with FDTDcalculations. Second, we describe a method to modify the cavitation pattern by timing two consecutive pressure waves at variable delays. ...

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...

OBJECTIVE To compare the efficacy of ureteroscopic pneumatic lithotripsy (URS) and extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) in the treatment of lower ureteric stones in terms of stone-free rates. STUDY DESIGN Randomized trial. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Department of Urology, Government Institute of Kidney Diseases and Transplant, Hayatabad, Peshawar, from September 2010 to March 2011....