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Lithotripsy
Definition:
(n.) The operation of crushing a stone in the bladder with an instrument called lithotriptor or lithotrite; lithotrity.
Example Sentences:
(1) Enzymatic activity per gram of urinary creatinine was consistently but not significantly higher before extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy than in control subjects.
(2) Management of obstructive upper ureteral calculi by first flushing the lithiasis to renal cavity and secondary extracorporeal lithotripsy is proposed as a routine guide-line, especially when treatment by ESWL is not immediately available.
(3) Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy has significantly altered the management of symptomatic renal and ureteral calculi.
(4) A 70-year-old man suffering from nephrolithiasis developed acute pyelonephritis following extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy of renal stones.
(5) The object of this investigation was to determine gallstone susceptibility to laser lithotripsy and to discover whether this susceptibility is related to the computed tomography (CT) appearance of gallstones.
(6) The article analyses the efficacy of extracorporeal lithotripsy by a LT-01 piezoelectric lithotriptor (EDAP, France).
(7) On the basis of this initial experience, transhepatic laser lithotripsy is a technically feasible and safe alternative when choledocholithiasis cannot be managed with retrograde endoscopy, ESWL, or surgery.
(8) Fifteen patients with mean age 74 (range 34-94) years were treated with extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy (ESWL) for bile-duct stones (intrahepatic in 4 cases) following failure of surgical or endoscopic treatment.
(9) Compared with conventional mechanical lithotripsy with serrated, jawed instruments, electrohydraulic lithotripsy is a safe, easy to learn and effective technique for treating bladder stones.
(10) Questionnaires about stone recurrence after treatment with percutaneous nephrolithotripsy (PNL) or extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) were sent to 11 hospitals in the central section of Japan.
(11) The patients were studied 0 to 24 and 32 to 56 h after extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL).
(12) Ultrasound is an indispensable tool for preliminary diagnosis ('filter function'), during treatment ('monitoring function') and in the followup examinations ('follow-up function') after shock wave lithotripsy of gallstones.
(13) Extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy with piezoelectric shock waves provides painless and efficient gallstone fragmentation.
(14) Three hundred and sixty one extracorporeal lithotripsies for renal, ureteric and bladder stones have been performed by means of a system of ultrasonographic detection and piezoelectric destruction (EDAP LT01).
(15) Six patients required a repeat extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy procedure for residual fragments during their initial admission to hospital.
(16) Extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy was used for noninvasive stone fragmentation and the fragments were passed without complication.
(17) Tunable-dye laser lithotripsy appears superior to the ultrasonic device for percutaneous treatment of bile duct stones.
(18) In another patient, lithotripsy was performed because small stones were thought to be present in the milk of calcium.
(19) All patients are well 7 to 10 months after lithotripsy and there have been no long-term complications.
(20) These include oral bile salt therapy and gallstone lithotripsy.
Lithotriptist
Definition:
(n.) One skilled in breaking and extracting stone in the bladder.