Ocho años de experiencia en el tratamiento de la litiasis renoureterales mediante litotricia extracorpórea con Litotriptor electrohidráulico (Tripter compac) / An eight-year experience with the treatment of renouretheral lithiasis using extracorporeal lithotripsy with electro-hydraulic lithotritor (Triper compac)

Urinary lithiasis is one fo the most frequent disorder of the urinary tract, predominant in males and in their formation are involucrate many factors such as age, inheritance, diet, scant ingestion of fluids and sedentarity. Extracorporeal lithotripsy has become the method of choice for urinary lithiasis. The objective of this report is to present the author's experience with the treatment of urinary lithiasis using extracorporeal wave lithotripsy. From 1997 through 2005 we have treated 1456 patients suffering renouretheral lithiasis with our equipment Triper compac. Successful results were obtained in 96 por ciento in interior uretheral calculi, 94 por ciento for medial calculi and 96 por ciento for upper calculi. Several references related to this procedure are commented in the article