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Xi-Zhao Sun

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Shock wave lithotripsy for uric acid stones.

OBJECTIVE: To report our experience of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (SWL) for patients with uric acid stones. METHODS: From December 1987 to December 2003, a total of 443 patients with uric acid stones in the kidney or ureter accepted SWL using ultrasound-guided lithotripters together with alkali therapy. Among them, 168 patients with an average stone burden of 9.1 mm were treated using an EDAP LT-01 piezoelectric lithotripter. The other patients, with an average stone burden of 9.6 mm, were treated using a Dornier Compact S electromagnetic lithotripter. RESULTS: The average duration of treatment using the EDAP LT-01 device was 52.1 minutes with a pulse frequency of 1.25-2.5 shocks per second at 100% power. The average treatment parameters on the Dornier Compact S device were 3,196 shocks at 14.8 kV. For the EDAP LT-01, the 3-month stone-free rate was 86.4%, with a retreatment rate of 24.2%. For the Dornier Compact S, the 3-month stone-free rate was 90.3%, with a retreatment rate of 29.0%. Auxiliary therapy with the push-back technique was needed in 0.45% of patients with upper ureteral stones that could not be localized using ultrasound. The treatment results were best for stones smaller than 20 mm. No anaesthesia was required for any patient. CONCLUSION: SWL with ultrasound localization for uric acid stones is safe and effective. The combination of SWL with urine alkalization may further improve the stone-free rate.

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Shockwave lithotripsy: instrumentation and status in China.

PURPOSE: To introduce the physical background and technical characteristics of lithotripters made in China and to compare the efficacy of shockwave lithotripsy (SWL) for distal-ureteral stones between Chinese and Western lithotripters in consecutive use in our stone center. PATIENTS AND METHODS: From December 1987 to December 2003, we used a series of four lithotripters to treat 1802 patients with distal-ureteral stones: the piezoelectric EDAP LT-01 with ultrasound B-mode scanning for localization (N = 179); the electrohydraulic JDPN-IV lithotripter using fluoroscopy, which is made in China (N = 294), the electromagnetic Dornier Compact S with fluoroscopy/ultrasound dual localization (N = 1105), and the Huikang MZ-SWL-V, which is an electromagnetic- and electrohydraulic-compatible machine with dual localization that is made in China (N = 224). The physical background and technical characteristics of Chinese lithotripters are different from those of Western machines, but the treatment strategies were identical in all series. RESULTS: In the EDAP LT-01 series, the retreatment rate was 35.2%, and the auxiliary procedure rate was 6.7%, bring the efficiency quotient (EQ) to 69%. In the JDPN-IV series, the retreatment rate was 27.6%, the auxiliary procedure rate 1.0%, and the EQ 74%. In the Dornier Compact S series, the retreatment rate was 12.9%, and auxiliary procedures were performed in 10.9%, for an EQ of 81%. In the Huikang MZ-SWL-V series, the retreatment rate was 20.1%, the auxiliary procedure rate was 4.9%, and the EQ was 80%. CONCLUSION: The fragmentation results of Chinese electrohydraulic and electromagnetic lithotripters are superior to those of the EDAP LT-01. Chinese lithotripters are inferior to the Dornier Compact S in the efficacy of stone fragmentation, but Chinese machines cause less pain than this lithotripter.

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[Clinical investigation of the treatment of children urethral calculi with pneumatic lithotripsy under ureteroscopy].

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the therapeutic effects of pneumatic lithotripsy on children urethral calculi. METHODS: Twenty-two cases of the male children with urethral calculi were treated with pneumatic lithotripsy under ureteroscopy. RESULTS: All the patients were treated successfully in a single procedure. The time of lithotripsy was (5.5 +/- 2.2) minutes, and no serious complication such as obvious hematuria, infection and urethral stricture occurred. CONCLUSIONS: It is suggested that pneumatic lithotripsy under ureteroscopy is an effective and simple way for the treatment of urethral calculi in children.

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