Title: A Comparative Study of Pneumatic Lithotripsy and Holmium Laser Lithotripsy for Ureteral Stone Street
Abstract: Objective To compare the efficacy and safety of endoscopic pnumatic lithotripsy(PL) and endoscopic laser lithotripsy(LL) in the treatment of ureteral stone street.Methods The clinical data of 78 consecutive patients underwent endoscopic lithotripsy either with the Swiss Lithoclast pneumatic lithotripter(32cases) or with Ho:YAGlaser lithotripter(46 cases) for the treatment of ureteral stones From Sep.2001 to Sep.2008 were analyzed retrospectively.Results The stone-free rate after a single session of LL was higher than that of PL(97.8% vs 71.9%,P0.01),the operation time and average stonefree time of LL was respectively shorter than that of PL(32min vs 45min,10days vs 21days,P0.01),and the incidence of major complication in LL was much lower than that of PL(4.3% vs 9.4%,P0.05).Conclusion LL has its advantage over PL in high efficiency of stone fragmentation and low incidence of complication and is an effective and safe treatment modality for ureteral stone street.
Publication Year: 2009
Publication Date: 2009-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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