Abstract | OBJECTIVE: METHODS: RESULTS: Pelvic, superior and medium caliceal calculi were fragmented and eliminated in 87.7% and 77.8% of cases, respectively. Inferior caliceal stones were eliminated in 64.7% of cases. Only one of the three patients with staghorn calculi became stone-free after therapy (33.3%). All patients with ureteral calculi were stone-free after therapy. Bladder stones were fragmented and eliminated in 60% of cases. CONCLUSIONS:
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Authors | Ricardo J Duarte, Anuar I Mitre, Francisco T Dénes, Amilcar M Giron, Vera H Koch, Sami Arap |
Journal | Jornal de pediatria
(J Pediatr (Rio J))
2002 Sep-Oct
Vol. 78
Issue 5
Pg. 367-70
ISSN: 0021-7557 [Print] Brazil |
Vernacular Title | A litotripsia extracorpórea no tratamento de cálculos urinários em crianças. |
PMID | 14647741
(Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article)
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