ESWL Treatment of Urinary Calculi

Creator(s)

Joseph R. Drago, Quillen-Dishner College of Medicine
John A. Nesbitt, Quillen-Dishner College of Medicine
Jeffery J. Smith, Quillen-Dishner College of Medicine
Thomas Picklow, Quillen-Dishner College of Medicine
Bipin N. Shah, Quillen-Dishner College of Medicine
James H. Nelson, Quillen-Dishner College of Medicine
Henry A. Wise, Quillen-Dishner College of Medicine
Members of Ohio Kidney Stone Center, Quillen-Dishner College of Medicine

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-1989

Description

A total of Ill patients with symptomatic upper and lower urinary tract calculi underwent extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy (ESWL) at the Ohio Kidney Stone Center during the first six months. At follow-up 84 percent of the first 180 patients are stone free. Retreatment was required for 2.8 percent of the patients with residual stone material. Thirty-seven percent of the treatments required cystoscopy with ureteral stent placement for manipulation of stones or delineation of distal ureteral anatomy to facilitate ESWL. Complications were minimal at less than 3 percent.

Citation Information

Drago, Joseph R.; Nesbitt, John A.; Smith, Jeffery J.; Picklow, Thomas; Shah, Bipin N.; Nelson, James H.; Wise, Henry A.; and Members of Ohio Kidney Stone Center. 1989. ESWL Treatment of Urinary Calculi. Urology. Vol.33(5). 400-403. https://doi.org/10.1016/0090-4295(89)90034-4 PMID: 2775364 ISSN: 0090-4295