lithotripsy in English

noun
1
a treatment, typically using ultrasound shock waves, by which a kidney stone or other calculus is broken into small particles that can be passed out by the body.
Mechanical percussion techniques have been used therapeutically after shock wave lithotripsy to dislodge such calculi from the lower pole of the kidney.

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1. Active non-implantable devices for shock-wave therapy (lithotripsy)

2. To date, extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) has been successfully used with awake anaesthesia.

3. A remarkable new treatment introduced in Munich, Germany, in 1980, is called extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy.

4. Another technique more commonly used today, called extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL), requires no surgery at all.

5. Lithotripsy -- saving thousands of people a year from the scalpel by pulverizing stones with high-intensity sound.

6. The stone free rates after shock wave lithotripsy for upper, middle and lower ureteral calculi were 100 and 9% respectively.

7. Extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy combined with adjuvant litholytic therapy (ursodeoxycholic acid and chenodeoxycholic acid) is a relatively safe and effective noninvasive therapy for selected patients with symptomatic radiolucent gallbladder stones.

8. Purpose: To test the effectiveness (Participant A) and tolerability (Participant B) of urinary stone Comminution in the first-in-human trial of a new technology, burst-wave lithotripsy (BWL), Materials and Methods: An investigational BWL and ultrasonic propulsion system was used to target a 7-mm kidney stone in the operating room prior to ureteroscopy (Participant A).

9. Disclosed is an ultrasonic shock wave head for use in lithotripsy, comprising a shock wave source (2) and an acoustic lens (6) for focusing the ultrasonic shock wave generated by the shock wave source (2). A bearing housing (8) for the shock wave source (2) is molded onto said acoustic lens (6) as a single piece.