How to improve lithotripsy and chemolitholysis of brushite-stones: An in vitro study

Urological Research

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 266-271

  Heimbach, D ^b   Jacobs, D ^b   Hesse, A ^b   Muller S C ^b   Zhong, P ^a   Preminger, G M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brushite stone; Chemolysis; Hemiacidrin; Lithotripsy; Physical properties

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM PHOSPHATE DIBASIC; CITRIC ACID;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; IN VITRO STUDY; LITHOTRIPSY; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STONE DISSOLUTION; TECHNIQUE; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

CALCIUM PHOSPHATES; CITRATES; HARDNESS TESTS; LITHOTRIPSY; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 0032849362     PISSN: 03005623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002400050121     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Akers SR, Cocks FH, Weinerth JL (1987) Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy: the use of chemical treatments for improved stone comminution. J Urol 138:1295
2. Bnumann JM (1987) Pathophysiologie und medikamentöse Therapie der Phosphatsteinerkrankung, In: Vahlensieck W (ed) Das Harnsteinleiden. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, p 419
3. Cecchetti W, Tasca A, Zanotti F, Villi G, Levorato CA, Pagano F (1993) Five years experience in experimental laser lithotripsy. Eur Urol 24:185
4. Chuong CJ, Zhong P, Preminger GM (1993) Acoustic and mechanical properties of renal calculi: implications in shock wave lithotripsy. J Endourol 7:437
5. Cohen NP, Whitfield HN (1993) Mechanical testing of urinary calculi. World J Urol 11:13
6. Crowell AJ (1924) Cystine nephrolithiasis. Surg Gynecol Obstetr. 38:87
7. Dretler SP (1988) Stone fragility: a new therapeutic distinction. J Urol 139:1124
8. Grasso M, Loisides P, Beaghler M, Bagley D (1994) Treatment of urinary calculi in a porcine and canine model using the Browne Pneumatic Impactor. Urology 44:937
9. Griffith DP, Muschel DH, Itin C (1976) Urease: the primary cause of infection-induced urinary stones. Invest Urol 13:346
10. Heimbach D, Jacobs D, Hesse A (1997) The disintegration of stones by shock wave lithotripsy: comparison of natural and artificial stones, In: Jungers P, Daudon M (eds) Renal stone disease: crystallisation process, pathophysiology, metabolic disorders and prevention. Proceedings of the 7th. European Symposium on Urolithiasis. Elsevier, Amsterdam, p 223
11. Heimbach D, Jacobs D, Süverkrüp R, Hesse A (1997) Bon(n)-Stones - die Standardsteine für Litholripsie und Chemolyse. Akt Urol 28:43
12. Heimbach D, Jacobs D, Süverkrüp R, Hesse A (1997) Dissolution of artificial-natural stones in a standard model. First results. J Endourol 11:63
13. Heimbach D, Winter P, Hesse A (1995) When is the indication of percutaneous chemolysis justified? Urol Int 54:157
14. Herring LC (1962) Observations on the analysis of ten thousand urinary calculi. J Urol 88:545
15. Hesse A (1997) Calcium phosphate stones, In: Hesse A, Tiselius H-G, Jahnen A (eds) Urinary stones: diagnosis, treatment and prevention of recurrence. Karger, Basel, p 93
16. Johrde LG, Cocks FH (1986) Effect of pH on the microhardness of renal calculi. J Biomed Mater Res 20:945
17. Klee LW, Brito CG, Lingeman JE (1991) The clinical implications of brushite calculi. J Urol 145:715
18. Leusmann DB, Niggemann H, Roth S, Von Ahlen H (1995) Recurrence rates and severity of urinary calculi. Scand J Urol 29:279
19. Schmeller NT, Kersting H, Schueller J, Chaussy C, Schmiedt E (1984) Combination of chemolysis and shock wave lithotripsy in the treatment of cystine renal calculi. J Urol 131:434
20. Zhong P, Preminger GM (1994) Mechanisms of different stone fragility in extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy. J Endourol 8:263
21. Zhong P, Preminger GM (1996) Physics of shock wave lithotripsy. In: Coe FL, Favus MJ, Pak CYC, Parks JH, Preminger GM (eds) Kidney stones: medical and surgical management. Lippincott Raven, Philadelphia, p 529