AC Lawler, EM Ghiraldi, C Tong, JI Friedlander - Current urology reports, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Since its introduction, extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) has undergone a variety of changes; however, it remains one of the most utilized …
This book was written with the aim of widening the reader's spectrum of knowledge regarding the uses of shock waves in medicine and biology, as well as to contribute to safer …
Shock wave lithotripsy is a commonly used procedure for eradicating upper urinary tract stones in patients who require treatment. A number of methods have been proposed to …
Ultrasound has become a mainstay tool in urologists' armamentarium for the diagnosis and management of nephrolithiasis. From starting as a rudimentary form of imaging, it has come …
S Muller, H Abildsnes, A Østvik, O Kragset… - European Urology Open …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) of kidney stones is losing ground to more expensive and invasive endoscopic treatments. Objective This proof-of-concept …
SM Lee, N Collin, H Wiseman… - … Andrology and Urology, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Shock wave lithotripsy (SWL) remains an important treatment option for the management of upper urinary tract stones. The optimisation of certain technical principles can help to …
A Neisius, NB Smith, G Sankin… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
The efficiency of shock wave lithotripsy (SWL), a noninvasive first-line therapy for millions of nephrolithiasis patients, has not improved substantially in the past two decades, especially …
A Randad, MA Ghanem, MR Bailey… - The Journal of the …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Burst wave lithotripsy (BWL) is a technology for comminuting urinary stones. A BWL transducer's requirements of high-pressure output, limited acoustic window, specific focal …