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  • Title: Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy in 5 patients with aortic aneurysm.
    Author: Deliveliotis C, Kostakopoulos A, Stavropoulos N, Karagiotis E, Kyriazis P, Dimopoulos C.
    Journal: J Urol; 1995 Nov; 154(5):1671-2. PubMed ID: 7563318.
    Abstract:
    PURPOSE: The safety and efficacy of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL*) in patients with an aortic aneurysm were assessed. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Five patients with an aortic aneurysm and symptomatic renal (4) or upper ureteral (1) lithiasis underwent ESWL with either an HM3 or HM4 lithotriptor. RESULTS: The procedure was well tolerated in all patients. The stone was fragmented completely in the 4 patients with renal lithiasis, while 1 with ureteral lithiasis also required ureteroscopic extraction of the stone fragments. CONCLUSIONS: For patients with symptomatic renal stones and an aortic aneurysm ESWL may be the treatment of choice.
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