Clinical investigation of the treatment of children urethral calculi with pneumatic lithotripsy under ureteroscopy / 中华男科学杂志
National Journal of Andrology
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(12): 578-579, 2003.
Article
in Chinese
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| ID: wpr-237969
ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To evaluate the therapeutic effects of pneumatic lithotripsy on children urethral calculi.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Twenty-two cases of the male children with urethral calculi were treated with pneumatic lithotripsy under ureteroscopy.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>All the patients were treated successfully in a single procedure. The time of lithotripsy was (5.5 +/- 2.2) minutes, and no serious complication such as obvious hematuria, infection and urethral stricture occurred.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>It is suggested that pneumatic lithotripsy under ureteroscopy is an effective and simple way for the treatment of urethral calculi in children.</p>
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Main subject:
Therapeutics
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Lithotripsy
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Ureteral Calculi
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Ureteroscopy
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Methods
Limits:
Adolescent
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Chinese
Journal:
National Journal of Andrology
Year:
2003
Type:
Article
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