Practical aspects of outpatient extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy

Burns, J.R.; Breaux, E.F.; Crowe, A.D.; Burns, J.R; Breaux, E.F; Crowe, A.D

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Practical aspects of outpatient extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy

Burns, J.R.; Breaux, E.F.; Crowe, A.D.

Urologic Clinics of North America 14(1): 73-75

1987

ISSN/ISBN: 0094-0143

PMID: 3811062

Document Number: 289445

Outpatient ESWL is practical for the majority of patients undergoing treatment. However, careful preoperative evaluation and patient selection are necessary. Approximately 15 per cent of patients treated require a secondary procedure. We believe that pretreatment placement of a ureteral stent aids in the passage of stone fragments.