EDAP LTO1 Lithotripter
- 1 January 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Mary Ann Liebert Inc in Journal of Endourology
- Vol. 2 (2) , 181-187
- https://doi.org/10.1089/end.1988.2.181
Abstract
The advantages and disadvantages of piezoelectric lithotripsy are discussed with specific analysis of the EDAP LTO1. A description of the EDAP LTO1 is included, including its imaging properties and the physics of piezoelectric transduction. Installation, accommodation, and maintenance features are discussed. A total of 118 patients had 158 treatments for 134 renal and 24 ureteric calculi. Failure of imaging or fragmentation occurred in 3.9% of renal calculi and 33.3% of ureteric calculi. Six staghorn calculi were treated with a mean clearance at 3 months of 83.6%. The majority (68.8%) of patients with ureteric calculi had successful treatments with the stone pushed into the kidney before ESWL.Keywords
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