• Med. J. Aust. · Apr 1987

    Extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy. Initial Australian experience.

    • A J Brooks, J M Drummond, and J M Collison.
    • Med. J. Aust. 1987 Apr 20; 146 (8): 424-5.

    AbstractFifty patients were treated with extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy for upper urinary tract calculi. The procedure was performed by means of either epidural or general anaesthesia. There were minimal postoperative complications with a mean length of stay of 3.6 days. Six patients required a repeat extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy procedure for residual fragments during their initial admission to hospital. Forty (80%) patients were free of all stone fragments within one month of their discharge from hospital. Three patients have residual fragments of greater than 2 mm in axial length. The remainder underwent other procedures to remove residual stones or will be treated with further extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy therapy.

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