...Maxime Robert; Nicolas Drianno; Jacques Guiter; Michel Averous; Daniel Grasset Objective: To evaluate the management of urolithiasis in children since the development of extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy (ESWL). Methods: Between 1988 and 1994, 37 children, aged from 2 to 15 years (mean 10...

...P. Jaeger; F. Redha; K. Marquardt; G. Uhlschmid; D. Hauri Extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy (ESWL) has rapidly become established worldwide as a routine method for treatment of nephro- and ureterolithiasis. Although initial studies showed no tissue-damaging effect by the shock waves, we found...

...A.J.M. Hendrikx; A.F. Bierkens; F.M.J. Debruyne 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...

..., ureterorenoscopy) a transformation of the therapeutic strategy for urolithiasis has been ushered in. 29 1 2010 Extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy ESWL Urolithiasis Noninvasive stone treatment Treatment strategies Urolithiasis © 1986 S. Karger AG, Basel 1986 Copyright / Drug Dosage...

...E. Schmiedt; C. Chaussy Extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy (ESWL) has become a routine therapy for the management of stone patients at our department. Till now ESWL has been performed on 1,000 patients. Although the indications for this noninvasive treatment have been expanded significantly, 90...

...D. Hauri Conventional stone operations have decisively receded into the background due to modern methods of stone removal, e.g., extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy and endoscopic stone removal. The disadvantages of these modern methods are discussed. Because there are no complications...