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Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy ( ESWL ) is an noninvasive technique for the removal of kidney stones.

Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy ( ESWL ) is a non-invasive treatment of kidney stones ( urinary calculosis ) and biliary calculi ( stones in the gallbladder or in the liver ) using an acoustic pulse.

* Lindqvist K, Holmberg G, Peeker R, Grenabo L. Extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy or ureteroscopy as primary treatment for ureteric stones: a retrospective study comparing two different treatment strategies.

* Macaluso JN and Thomas R: Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy: an outpatient procedure.

Extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy.

* Sheir KZ, Madbouly K, Elsobky E, Abdelkhalek M. Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy in anomalous kidneys: 11-year experience with two second-generation lithotripters.

* Skolarikos A, Alivizatos G, de la Rosette J. Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy 25 years later: complications and their prevention.

Once renal stones have formed, however, the first-line treatment is ESWL ( Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy ).

* Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy

Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy ( ESWL ), which is unrelated to other extracorporeal therapies, in that the device used to break up the kidney stones is held completely outside the body, whilst the lithotripsy itself occurs inside the body.

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Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation ( ECMO ) is a modified cardiopulmonary bypass technique used for the treatment of life threatening cardiac or respiratory failure.

Extracorporeal blood flow remains constant, but gas transfer does not occur.

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation ( ECMO ) is a potential treatment, providing oxygenation through an apparatus that imitates the gas exchange process of the lungs.

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* Extracorporeal Life Support, pertains to all extracorporeal gas-exchange activities.

* Extracorporeal shockwave therapy is now more commonly used as an adjunctive therapy.

* Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation ( ECMO ) Unit-" The hospital is equipped to care for ECMO patients.

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Ureteroscopic techniques are generally more effective than ESWL for treating stones located in the lower ureter, with success rates of 93 – 100 % using Ho: YAG laser lithotripsy.

ESWL is the least invasive of the commonplace modalities for definitive stone treatment, but provides a lower stone-free rate than other more invasive treatment methods, such as ureteroscopic manipulation with laser lithotripsy or percutaneous nephrolithotomy ( PCNL ).

Current state and future developments of noninvasive treatment of human urinary stones with extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy.

Diabetes mellitus and hypertension associated with shock wave lithotripsy of renal and proximal ureteral stones at 19 years of followup.

Long-term renal functional effects of shock wave lithotripsy, percutaneous nephrolithotomy and combination therapy: a comparative study of patients with solitary kidney.

* Micali S, Grande M, Sighinolfi MC, De Stefani S, Bianchi G. Efficacy of expulsive therapy using nifedipine or tamsulosin, both associated with ketoprofene, after shock wave lithotripsy of ureteral stones.

Kidney stones may be treated with lithotripsy, a technique for breaking up kidney stones using shock waves or laser beams.

In 1835, the Académie des Sciences in Paris commissioned a report on the statistical research that had been conducted by him on a wider scale throughout Europe, with the aim of proving that bladder lithotripsy was superior to lithotomy.

Transurethral lithotripsy, which was much simpler and with lower morbidity, complication and mortality rates, was invented by French surgeon Jean Civiale ( 1792 – 1867 ) and largely substituted for surgical lithotomy, unless the crushing of calculi was difficult or impossible.

* Focused high-energy ultrasound pulses can be used to break calculi such as kidney stones and gallstones into fragments small enough to be passed from the body without undue difficulty, a process known as lithotripsy.

Laser lithotripsy is another technique, which involves the use of a holmium: yttrium aluminium garnet ( Ho: YAG ) laser to fragment stones in the bladder, ureters and kidneys.

In 1980, Dornier MedTech introduced extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy for breaking up stones via acoustical pulses, and this technique has since come into widespread use.

Outcomes of shockwave lithotripsy for upper urinary-tract stones: a large-scale study at a single institution.

Does a slower treatment rate impact the efficacy of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy for solitary kidney or ureteral stones ?.

Is there a role for prophylactic shock wave lithotripsy for asymptomatic calyceal stones?

A comparative analysis of nephrostomy, JJ stent and urgent in situ extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy for obstructing ureteric stones.

Prospective randomized trial comparing shock wave lithotripsy and ureteroscopic lithotripsy for management of large upper third ureteral stones.

Gallstones can be broken up using a procedure called extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy ( often simply called " lithotripsy "), which is a method of concentrating ultrasonic shock waves onto the stones to break them into tiny pieces.

The urologist visualizes the stone and uses ultrasonic energy or laser lithotripsy to cause fragmentation of the stones into small pieces which are then flushed out of the bladder.

The daughter scope can be used to administer direct electrohydraulic lithotripsy to break up stones, or to help in diagnosis by directly visualizing the duct ( as opposed to obtaining X-ray images ).