Compared with ureteroscopy for kidney and ureteral stones, shock wave lithotripsy is significantly associated with 20% increased odds of re-treatment, a study found. Re-treatment for kidney and ...

Shock wave lithotripsy (SWL) and ureteroscopy are associated with similar stone clearance rates in children, but morbidity is less with SWL, according to a new study. Shock wave lithotripsy (SWL) and ...

This Practice Point discusses a meta-analysis performed by Semins and colleagues, which included a total of 589 patients from four studies who were randomized to receive shock wave lithotripsy (SWL) ...

March 27, 2009 (Stockholm, Sweden) — Slowing the shockwave delivery rate from 100 to 70 shocks per minute reduced the cost of extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy (SWL) by 50%, with no diminution in ...

Extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy (SWL) is an established strategy for the removal of urinary calculi. Incident shock waves pulverize stones, which are subsequently expelled from the urinary ...