PRESENT SITUATION WITH EXTRACORPOREAL SHO CKWAVE LITHOTRIPSY IN GERMANY

Authors
WILBERT DM JOCHAM D EISENBERGER F CHAUSSY C
Citation
Dm. Wilbert et al., PRESENT SITUATION WITH EXTRACORPOREAL SHO CKWAVE LITHOTRIPSY IN GERMANY, Der Urologe, 33(6), 1994, pp. 512-516
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Urology & Nephrology
Journal title
Der Urologe → ACNP
ISSN journal
03402592
Volume
33
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
512 - 516
Database
ISI
SICI code
0340-2592(1994)33:6<512:PSWESC>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
Extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy has become an established standar d procedure for the treatment of nephrolithiasis. Almost 100 lithotrip ters are installed in large and medium-sized urological departments in Germany. The number of treatments per year averages 660 ESWL sessions per hospital. Multifunctional use and non-urological ESWL therapy ens ure maximum utilization of the lithotripter units. In additional hospi tals mobile lithotripsy is provided. At present there is a trend towar d ambulatory ESWL treatment.