Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy of Renal Pelvis Stones with PCK Stonelith Lithotripter.

摘要

Shock wave lithotripsy (SWL) has made a revolution in the treatment of urolithiasis. It is a safe procedure with a lower morbidity than open surgery or percutaneous nefrolithotomy (PCN) [Brannen GE, Bush WH, Correa RJ et al., J Urol 1985; 133: 6 and Lingeman JE, Newman D, Mertz JHO et al., J UROL 1986; 135: 1134]. In this article, we analyze our results of SWL with PCK Stonelith-V5 Lithotripter for the renal pelvis localized stones. About 97 patients with radiopaque stone localized in the renal pelvis were treated with PCK lithotripter from January 2001 to March 2003. The study group was divided into two groups according to their stone size. The stone size was