Lithotripsy

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • 2007 Guideline for the management of ureteral calculi. 
  • 2007 guideline for the management of ureteral calculi. 
  • Editorial Comment on: "In Vitro Evaluation of Urinary Stone Comminution with a Clinical Burst Wave Lithotripsy System" by Ramesh et al. 
  • Editorial Comment on: The Impact of Dust and Confinement on Fragmentation of Kidney Stones by Shockwave Lithotripsy in Tissue Phantoms by Randad et al. (From: Randad A, Ahn J, Bailey MR, et al. J Endourol 2019;33:400-406; DOI: 10.1089/end.2018.0516). 
  • A Novel Device to Prevent Stone Fragment Migration During Percutaneous Lithotripsy: Results from an In Vitro Kidney Model. 
  • A comparison of renal damage induced by varying modes of shock wave generation. 
  • A comparison of stone damage caused by different modes of shock wave generation. 
  • A comparison of the bioeffects of four different modes of stone therapy on renal function and morphology. 
  • A heuristic model of stone comminution in shock wave lithotripsy. 
  • A novel device to prevent stone fragment migration during percutaneous lithotripsy. 
  • Abdominal-gastrointestinal radiology. 
  • Acoustic and mechanical properties of artificial stones in comparison to natural kidney stones. 
  • Acoustic and mechanical properties of renal calculi: implications in shock wave lithotripsy. 
  • Adjuvant therapy after surgical stone management. 
  • Advances in the surgical management of nephrolithiasis. 
  • Alpha-blockers after shock wave lithotripsy for renal or ureteral stones in adults. 
  • Antibiotic use and the prevention and management of infectious complications in stone disease. 
  • Are stone protocol computed tomography scans mandatory for children with suspected urinary calculi? 
  • Assessment of a modified acoustic lens for electromagnetic shock wave lithotripters in a swine model. 
  • BegoStone - a new stone phantom for shock wave lithotripsy research (L) 
  • Benchtop Evaluation of Miniature Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy Lithotrites. 
  • Benchtop and Initial Clinical Evaluation of the ShockPulse Stone Eliminator in Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy. 
  • Biliary lithotripsy: in vitro analysis of gallstone fragmentation for equivalent stone volumes. 
  • Cavitation Plays a Vital Role in Stone Dusting During Short Pulse Holmium:YAG Laser Lithotripsy. 
  • Changing surgical aspects of urinary stone disease. 
  • Chapter 1: AUA guideline on management of staghorn calculi: diagnosis and treatment recommendations. 
  • Citrate and vitamin E blunt the shock wave-induced free radical surge in an in vitro cell culture model. 
  • Clinical efficacy of a combination pneumatic and ultrasonic lithotrite. 
  • Clinical efficacy of combined lithoclast and lithovac stone removal during ureteroscopy. 
  • Clinical outcomes after ureteroscopic lithotripsy in patients who initially presented with urosepsis: matched pair comparison with elective ureteroscopy. 
  • Comparative effectiveness of shock wave lithotripsy and ureteroscopy for treating patients with kidney stones. 
  • Comparison of Broad vs Narrow Focal Width Lithotripter Fields. 
  • Comparison of Different Pulse Modulation Modes for Holmium:Yttrium-Aluminum-Garnet Laser Lithotripsy Ablation in a Benchtop Model. 
  • Comparison of the costs and morbidity of percutaneous and open flank procedures. 
  • Comparison of ultrasonography and oral cholecystography in lithotripsy. II. Determining retreatment. 
  • Contemporary management of ureteral stones. 
  • Controlled, forced collapse of cavitation bubbles for improved stone fragmentation during shock wave lithotripsy. 
  • Current trends in the management of urinary stones. 
  • Determination of the effective therapeutic dose of intrathecal sufentanil for extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy. 
  • Differing modes of shock-wave generation. 
  • Digital Tomosynthesis: A Viable Alternative to Noncontrast Computed Tomography for the Follow-Up of Nephrolithiasis? 
  • Disposable devices for RIRS: where do we stand in 2013? What do we need in the future? 
  • Duct Diameter and Size of Stones Predict Successful Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy and Endoscopic Clearance in Patients With Chronic Pancreatitis and Pancreaticolithiasis. 
  • Dynamic photoelastic study of the transient stress field in solids during shock wave lithotripsy. 
  • Dynamics of bubble oscillation in constrained media and mechanisms of vessel rupture in SWL. 
  • Edge targeting reduces the number of shock waves required for biliary ESWL in vitro. 
  • Editorial Comment:Elucidating the Mechanism of Stone Dusting Requires a Fresh and Rigorous Approach in the New Era of Laser Lithotripsy. 
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  • Effect of lithotripter focal width on stone comminution in shock wave lithotripsy. 
  • Effect of medical management and residual fragments on recurrent stone formation following shock wave lithotripsy. 
  • Effects of Stone Size on the Comminution Process and Efficiency in Shock Wave Lithotripsy. 
  • Effects of tissue constraint on shock wave-induced bubble expansion in vivo. 
  • Efficacy of second generation lithotriptors: a multicenter comparative study of 2,206 extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy treatments with the Siemens Lithostar, Dornier HM4, Wolf Piezolith 2300, Direx Tripter X-1 and Breakstone lithotriptors. 
  • Emerging Technologies in Ultrasonic and Pneumatic Lithotripsy. 
  • Endoscopic laser lithotripsy of large bile duct stones. 
  • Endoscopic management of symptomatic caliceal diverticula: a retrospective comparison of percutaneous nephrolithotripsy and ureteroscopy. 
  • Endourological management of a large distal ureteral calculus in a patient with ureterosigmoidostomy diversion. 
  • Ethnic and geographic diversity of stone disease. 
  • Evaluation of synchronous twin pulse technique for shock wave lithotripsy: determination of optimal parameters for in vitro stone fragmentation. 
  • Experimental laboratory lithotripter: design, construction, and operation. 
  • Experimentally validated multiphysics computational model of focusing and shock wave formation in an electromagnetic lithotripter. 
  • Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy for renal stones with renal cysts present. 
  • Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy of gallstones: results and 6-month follow-up in 141 patients. 
  • Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy. An update. 
  • Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy: the use of chemical treatments for improved stone comminution. 
  • Factors affecting the success rate of percutaneous nephrolithotripsy and the incidence of retained fragments. 
  • Flexible ureteroscopy in conjunction with in situ lithotripsy for lower pole calculi. 
  • Focusing of shock waves induced by optical breakdown in water. 
  • Gallbladder lithotripsy. 
  • Gallstone extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy: time and treatment considerations. 
  • High pressure versus low pressure electromagnetic extracorporeal lithotripsy. 
  • How to improve lithotripsy and chemolitholysis of brushite-stones: an in vitro study. 
  • Improvement of stone fragmentation during shock-wave lithotripsy using a combined EH/PEAA shock-wave generator-in vitro experiments. 
  • Improving the lens design and performance of a contemporary electromagnetic shock wave lithotripter. 
  • In Vitro Comparison of a Novel Single Probe Dual-Energy Lithotripter to Current Devices. 
  • In vitro comparison of fragmentation efficiency of flexible pneumatic lithotripsy using 2 flexible ureteroscopes. 
  • In vitro comparison of standard ultrasound and pneumatic lithotrites with a new combination intracorporeal lithotripsy device. 
  • In vivo assessment of free radical activity during shock wave lithotripsy using a microdialysis system: the renoprotective action of allopurinol. 
  • In-vitro assessment of a new portable ballistic lithotripter with percutaneous and ureteroscopic models. 
  • Inertial cavitation and associated acoustic emission produced during electrohydraulic shock wave lithotripsy. 
  • Innovations in shock wave lithotripsy technology: updates in experimental studies. 
  • International Alliance of Urolithiasis guideline on retrograde intrarenal surgery. 
  • Intrathecal sufentanil for extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy provides earlier discharge of the outpatient than intrathecal lidocaine. 
  • Is there a need for medical evaluation and treatment of nephrolithiasis in the "age of lithotripsy"? 
  • Kidney changes after extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy: appearance on MR imaging. 
  • Kidney stones. 
  • Kidney stones: flexible ureteroscopy. 
  • Laboratory and clinical assessment of pneumatically driven intracorporeal lithotripsy. 
  • Lessons learned in patients with large steinstrasse. 
  • Lipid peroxidation induced by shockwave lithotripsy. 
  • Lithotrites and postoperative fever: does lithotrite type matter? Results from the Clinical Research Office of the Endourological Society Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy Global Study. 
  • Long-term results of percutaneous nephrolithotomy: does prophylactic medical stone management make a difference? 
  • Lower pole I: a prospective randomized trial of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy and percutaneous nephrostolithotomy for lower pole nephrolithiasis-initial results. 
  • Management of calyceal calculi. 
  • Mechanical property studies of human gallstones. 
  • Mechanisms of differing stone fragility in extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy. 
  • Microdialysis assessment of shock wave lithotripsy-induced renal injury. 
  • Modeling of shock wave propagation in large amplitude ultrasound 
  • NIH Consensus conference. Gallstones and laparoscopic cholecystectomy. 
  • National High Blood Pressure Education Program (NHBPEP) review paper on complications of shock wave lithotripsy for urinary calculi. 
  • Nephrolithiasis--solutions for emerging problems. 
  • New concepts in shock wave lithotripsy. 
  • New devices for kidney stone management. 
  • Optimization of treatment strategy used during shockwave lithotripsy to maximize stone fragmentation efficiency. 
  • Optimizing treatment for middle and distal ureteral calculi. 
  • Outcomes of Shock Wave Lithotripsy and Ureteroscopy for Treatment of Pediatric Urolithiasis. 
  • Pediatric urolithiasis: medical and surgical management. 
  • Percutaneous management of calculi within horseshoe kidneys. 
  • Percutaneous nephrolithotripsy in the morbidly obese patient. 
  • Percutaneous transhepatic biliary endoscopic procedures. 
  • Percutaneous transhepatic endoscopic electrohydraulic lithotripsy of biliary tract calculi after orthotopic liver transplantation. 
  • Percutaneous transhepatic ultrasonic cholelithotripsy. 
  • Practice patterns in the management of urinary lithiasis. 
  • Practice variation in the surgical management of urinary lithiasis. 
  • Progressive increase of lithotripter output produces better in-vivo stone comminution. 
  • Propagation of shock waves in elastic solids caused by cavitation microjet impact. II: Application in extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy. 
  • Quantification of the tip movement of lithotripsy flexible pneumatic probes. 
  • Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Three Different Modalities of Lithotrites for Intracorporeal Lithotripsy in Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy. 
  • Re-Treatment after Ureteroscopy and Shock Wave Lithotripsy: A Population Based Comparative Effectiveness Study. 
  • Re: Paediatric Cystolitholapaxy through the Mitrofanoff/Monti Channel. 
  • Recent developments in SWL physics research. 
  • Reduction of tissue injury in shock-wave lithotripsy by using an acoustic diode. 
  • Renal calculi presenting as hyperhidrosis in patient with spinal cord injury. 
  • Renal milk of calcium: contraindication to extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy. 
  • Results and morbidity of percutaneous nephrolithotripsy. 
  • Richard Wolf piezoelectric lithotripters: Piezolith 2300 and 2500. 
  • Routine postoperative imaging is important after ureteroscopic stone manipulation. 
  • Shock wave lithotripsy causes ipsilateral renal injury remote from the focal point: the role of regional vasoconstriction. 
  • Shock wave lithotripsy of gallstones: results and 12-month follow-up in 174 patients. 
  • Shock wave lithotripsy or ureteroscopy for the management of proximal ureteral calculi: an old discussion revisited. 
  • Shock wave lithotripsy vs ureteroscopy: variation in surgical management of kidney stones at freestanding children's hospitals. 
  • Shock wave lithotripsy: the new phoenix? 
  • Shock wave lithotripsy: what progress have we made? Are refinements needed? 
  • Shock wave physics. 
  • Shock wave-inertial microbubble interaction: a theoretical study based on the Gilmore formulation for bubble dynamics. 
  • Shock wave-inertial microbubble interaction: methodology, physical characterization, and bioeffect study. 
  • Should metabolic evaluation be performed in patients with struvite stones? 
  • Simultaneous Photoacoustic Imaging and Cavitation Mapping in Shockwave Lithotripsy. 
  • Simultaneous combined use of flexible ureteroscopy and percutaneous nephrolithotomy to reduce the number of access tracts in the management of complex renal calculi. 
  • Single-center North American experience with wolf Piezolith 3000 in management of urinary calculi. 
  • Stone comminution correlates with the average peak pressure incident on a stone during shock wave lithotripsy. 
  • Suppression of large intraluminal bubble expansion in shock wave lithotripsy without compromising stone comminution: Refinement of reflector geometry 
  • Suppression of large intraluminal bubble expansion in shock wave lithotripsy without compromising stone comminution: methodology and in vitro experiments. 
  • Surgical management of urolithiasis. 
  • Temporal effects of shock wave lithotripsy. 
  • The Role of Cavitation in Energy Delivery and Stone Damage During Laser Lithotripsy. 
  • The economics of stone disease. 
  • The effect of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy on the prosthesis interface in cementless arthroplasty. Evaluation in a rabbit model. 
  • The effect of reflector geometry on the acoustic field and bubble dynamics produced by an electrohydraulic shock wave lithotripter 
  • The effect of treatment strategy on stone comminution efficiency in shock wave lithotripsy. 
  • The effect of ultrasonic disintegration on the outcome of percutaneous nephrolithotripsy. 
  • The role of stress waves and cavitation in stone comminution in shock wave lithotripsy. 
  • The sedative and analgesic sparing effect of music. 
  • The use of chemical treatments for improved comminution of artificial stones. 
  • The use of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation during the biliary lithotripsy procedure. 
  • Transient oscillation of cavitation bubbles near stone surface during electrohydraulic lithotripsy. 
  • Treatment efficacy and outcomes using a third generation shockwave lithotripter. 
  • Treatment of ureteral calculi by extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy at a multi-use center. 
  • Treatment philosophy and retreatment rates following piezoelectric lithotripsy. 
  • Tri-modality cavitation mapping in shock wave lithotripsy. 
  • Turbulent water coupling in shock wave lithotripsy. 
  • Twenty-five years of shockwave lithotripsy: back to the future? 
  • Update on shock wave lithotripsy technology. 
  • Ureteral stenting and urinary stone management: a systematic review. 
  • Ureteral stenting during extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy: help or hindrance? 
  • Ureteroscopic treatment of lower pole calculi: comparison of lithotripsy in situ and after displacement. 
  • Urinary calculi in aviation pilots: what is the best therapeutic approach? 
  • Urinary tract stones. 
  • Urolithiasis: detection and management with unenhanced spiral CT--a urologic perspective. 
  • Variations of stress field and stone fracture produced at different lateral locations in a shockwave lithotripter field. 
  • Visual internal urethrotome for incision of dense perirenal scar tissue during percutaneous stone removal. 
  • When (and how) to surgically treat asymptomatic renal stones. 
  • Would revision arthroplasty be facilitated by extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy? An evaluation including whole bone strength in dogs. 
  • [Extracorporeal shockwave therapy in symptomatic heel spurs. An overview]. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Preminger, Glenn Michael, James F. Glenn, M.D. Distinguished Professor of Urology, Surgery, Urology
  • Routh, Jonathan Charles, Paul H. Sherman, M.D. Distinguished Associate Professor of Surgery, Pediatrics