Ultrasonic lithotripsy of bladder stones

ABSTRACT

Disintegration of vesical calculi using ultrasound energy was tried in 115 cases with different age and sex. Forty-eight out of these patients had bladder stones only, while sixty-seven patients had another pathology [SEP in thirty-two patients, tight urethra in sixteen patients, bladder diverticula in ten patients, neurogenic bladder in five patients, impacted urethral stone in three patients and post urethral valve in one patient]. The ultrasonic power was applied via nephroscope or lithotripsy [in 71 patients] and via ureteroscope [in 44 patients]. This method proved to be very superior and safe maneuver compared with operative surgery whenever litholapaxy is hazardous