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ESWL - THERAPY IN SINGLE RENAL PELVIS STONES - RESULTS OF TREATMENT
Article published in Urologia Polska 1995/48/3.

authors

Witold Woźniak, Zbigniew Kwias, Wojciech Sawicki, Andrzej Antczak
Z Kliniki Urologii Akademii Medycznej im. K.Marcinkowskiego w Poznaniu
Kierownik Kliniki Prof. dr hab. Zbigniew Kwias

summary

The aim of the study was to estimate the results of ESWL - therapy in single renal pelvis stones.
1151 patients were divided into 3 groups depending on the size of the stone. First group consi-
sted of 1058 patients with stones up to 20 mm, second group - 85 patients with stones 21-30 mm,
and third group - 8 patients with stones over 30 mm in size.
The best results have been achieved in first group - 92 % of patients were free of stones. In
second group ESWL was successfull in 83 % of the patients. In third group success rate was 62 %.
The amount of Sessions needed to desintegrate the stone was greater in greater stones. The shortest
period of passing out stone fragments was in first group.

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