Ces Urol 1999, 3(4):18-22

Effectivity of ESWL of stones in upper and lower part of ureter

M. Havlík, B. Chwajol

Urologické oddělení NsP Nový Jičín

The authors present retrospective results as to the effectivity of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) in cases with ureteric calculi when treated them by using the Medilit M6 lithotriptor both in upper and lower part of ureter. The study concerns 561 pacients with upper and 405 pacients with stones in lower part of ureter. For suc-cesfull treatment of 416 pacients suffering from upper ureteric stones we carried out only a single ESWL session (74,1 %), two sessions in 113 cases (20,2 %) and more than two sessions for 49 cases (8,7 %).
The total effectivity of ESWL in cases of proximal ureterolithiasis was 94,3 % (529 pacients). By pacients with lower ureteric calculi we carried out a single ESWL session in 280 pacients (69,1 %), two sessions in 78 cases (19,3 %) and more than two sessions in 29 cases (7,1 %). The effectivity of ESWL with distal ureterolithiasis was 88,4 % (358 pacients). The ESWL sessions in case of ureterolithiasis by means of the Medilit M6 lithotriptor proved to by a succesfull method of treatment both in upper and lower part of ureter.

Keywords: ESWL, Ureterolithiasis

Published: September 1, 1999