Micro-explosion Cystolithotripsy

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Abstract
According to the newly established method of microexplosion lithotripsy, a cystolithotriptor with an explosive catheter, the tip of which was charged with 5 mg lead azide explosives, was developed. In 3 clinical cases [human] bladder stones from 32-65 mm in diameter were crushed successfully into several fragments by 1-8 explosions using the cystolithotriptor. The fragments then were smashed into grains with Young''s cystoscope and washed out by aspiration. This success may prove the usefulness of microexplosion lithotripsy, which also may be introduced for the treatment of calculi in other organs in the future.

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