Application of inversion-table in the treatment of lower pole renal stones / 中华外科杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the effect of inversion-table in the treatment of lower pole renal stones.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>From March 2006 to September 2008, 36 patients with lower pole renal calculi were treated by inversion-table, 13 cases with stone diameter from 4 mm to 20 mm received extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) combined with inversion-table treatment and other 23 cases with stone diameter from 2 mm to 4mm received inversion-table treatment alone.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>All of 36 cases underwent inversion-table treatment successfully and no one had cardio-cerebral accident. After following up 3 months, the radiologically documented complete stone clearance rate at 3 months group was 83.3%.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Inversion-table treatment is a safe and valuable adjunct in assisting passage of lower pole renal stone fragments after mini-invasive treatment of stone and can improve stone-free rate.</p>