Clinical experience and results in the treatment of 4402 patients with solitary urinary calculi with the extracorporeal shock wave lithotripter Dornier MFL-500
Palacios, A.; Rodrigues, F.; Soares, Mário.Jorge.; Morais, Aérito.; Mendes, Aário.; Pinheiro, J.
Archivos Espanoles de Urologia 60(6): 665-670
2007
ISSN/ISBN: 0004-0614 PMID: 17847740 Document Number: 610017
OBJECTIVES: To report the series of our Urology Deportment in the treatment of urinary stone disease with extracorporeal lithotripsy as well as the effectiveness of the Dornier lithotripter MFL-5000.METHODS: 6.602 patients were treated by extracorporeal lithotripsy during 12 years with a total of 17 120 sessions. We examined the treatment outcome of 4.402 patients With a solitary stone, accordingly to stone size and localization.RESULTS: There were no major complications and only 43 patients experienced "calle litiasica'. We treated 4.402 stones. For all stones, independently of size and localization, 26 15 (59.4%) were treated in one session, 80 1 (18.2%) required two sessions, 379 (8.6%) 3 sessions, 2 13 (4.8%) 4 sessions and 373 (8.4%) 5 or more sessions.CONCLUSION: The Dornier MFL-5000 lithotripter successfully treated urinary stone disease in patients of all age groups with a retreatment role and number of sessions per stone similar to other studies, without analgesic or anesthetic procedures, except in the younger age group.