Abstract
Non-surgical removal of renal and ureteral stones has proven successful in adults. In this study, 21 paediatric patients have been treated with the first generation extracorporeal shock-wave lithotriptor and an additional 13 children with a second generation local shock-wave lithotriptor. A total of 47 stones was treated. Treatment-related complications such as colics (17%/18.8%) or fever (8.3%/6.2%) were minimal. Stone passage occurred in 93% and 100%, respectively of each group. Open surgery is still the treatment of choice for large staghorn calculi. Extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy can be performed successfully in paediatric nephrolithiasis with stones of limited size.
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Abbreviations
- PNL:
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percutaneous nephrolithotomy
- ESWL:
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extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy
- LS:
-
local shock-wave lithotripsy
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Wilbert, D.M., Schofer, O. & Riedmiller, H. Treatment of paediatric urolithiasis by extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy. Eur J Pediatr 147, 579–581 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00442466
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