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| Year : 2001 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 118-120 |
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Acute complications during and after extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy
ME Schmidt, S Sharma, G Schoeneich, P Albers, SC Muller
Department of Urology, University of Bonn, Germany & Department of Surgery, Govt. Gandhi Nagar Hospital, Jammu, J&K, India
Correspondence Address:
M E Schmidt
Klinik and Poliklinik fur Urologie, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universitat Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Strabe 25, D-53105 Bonn, Germany
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Objectives: ESWL is an effective noninvasive method to treat urolithiasis. Only in rare occasions, complications requiring treatment have been described.
Methods: We report three acute major complications during and after ESWL using a Siemens Lithostar plus model (Retroperitoneal haematoma - Rupture of spleen - Cardiac arrest) and compare our experience with the literature.
Conclusion: The rate of clinically relevant complications is very love. To recognize severe complications laboratory examination and a sonographic control should be performed after each ESWL. |
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