Extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy for small symptomatic renal calculi: is it effective?

• Published in: Urologia internationalis Vol. 47; no. 1; p. 12
• Main Authors: Hendrikx, A J, Bierkens, A F, Debruyne, F M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland 1991
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Contrast Media; Female; Fever - etiology; Hematuria - etiology; Humans; Kidney Calculi - complications; Kidney Calculi - diagnostic imaging; Kidney Calculi - therapy; Lithotripsy - adverse effects; Male; Middle Aged; Pain - drug therapy; Pain - etiology; Radiographic Image Enhancement

Renal calculi with a diameter of less than 5 mm can pass spontaneously. However, some patients have small symptomatic renal calculi for more than 3 months. We evaluated the results of extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy in 38 patients with such stones. Patients presented with loin pain, hematuria,...