Current trends in the treatment of urinary stones
- Author:
Nguyen Hoang Duc
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
urinary stones
- MeSH:
Urinary Calculi;
Therapeutics
- From:Journal Ho Chi Minh Medical
2005;9(3):129-133
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
In the last 2 decades, the great progress of imagine techniques, endoscopic equipments and extracorporeal lithotripsy made a revolution in the treatment of urinary stones. Urinary stones now can be treated successfully by minimal invasive procedures. The means of urinary stones treatments consist of shock wave lithotripsy (SWL), percutaneous nephrostolithotomy (PCNL), ureteroscopy (URS), laparoscopy, retroperitoneal endoscopy, and laparotomy. The trends of urinary stones treatments include treating kidney stones (big or small stones), ureteral stones (in the upper third, medium third, and lower third of ureter)
