CRUSH ENDURANCE OF URINARY STONES
Article published in Urologia Polska 1995/48/1.

authors

Waldemar Różański, Eugeniusz Miękoś, Zbigniew Górkiewicz, Andrzej Szkodziński

Z Kliniki Urologii Instytutu Chirurgii Wojskowej Akademii Medycznej w Łodzi
Kierownik Kliniki: Prof. dr hab. med. E. Miękoś
Z Zespołu Rentgenografii i Krystalochemii Instytutu Chemii Ogólnej Politechniki Łódzkiej
Kierownik Zespołu: Prof. dr hab. Z. Gałdecki

summary

Development of new methods of treatment of urolithiasis like ESWL, PCNL and URSL,

increased interests in the determination of crystalline structure of urinary stones. Cristalline

composition of urinary stones enables to establish physical properties, which may affect results

of the treatment. One of there properties is hardness of urinary stones. We used FU-lOOOe

instrument to establish crush endurance of urinary stones. These investigations were performed

in vitro on staghorn calculi, which had been taken out during open surgical operations. Our

results suggest that there are significant differences between the crush power and crystalline

composition of urinary stones.

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