Treatment of renal stones in a solitary functioning kidney with extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy
Urologia Internationalis, cilt.50, sa.2, ss.86-89, 1993 (Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 50 Sayı: 2
- Basım Tarihi: 1993
- Doi Numarası: 10.1159/000282458
- Dergi Adı: Urologia Internationalis
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.86-89
- Anahtar Kelimeler: EXTRACORPOREAL SHOCK WAVE LITHOTRIPSY, KIDNEY STONES, SOLITARY KIDNEY
- Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Forty extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) sessions were performed in the treatment of 36 stones in 22 solitary functioning kidneys between October 1990 and October 1991. We inserted a double-J catheter in all patients preoperatively and no serious obstruction such as stone street formation was observed after treatments. Following ESWL therapy, at the end of 3 months follow-up, 14 patients (63.6%) were completely stone free while in 5 patients ESWL therapy was unsuccessful. ESWL became the treatment of choice for stones in solitary kidneys as a result of its highly effective, safe and encouraging outcome.