lithotripsy

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Indications

crushing of a stone in the renal pelvis, ureters, or bladder by mechanical force or focused sound waves (ESWT)

shock wave lithotripsy associated with increased long-term risk of diabetes mellitus (odds ratio 3.8)^[2]
not associated with increased risk of chronic hypertension^[3]

↑ Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Krambeck AE, Gettman MT, Rohlinger AL, Lohse CM, Patterson DE, Segura JW. Diabetes mellitus and hypertension associated with shock wave lithotripsy of renal and proximal ureteral stones at 19 years of followup. J Urol. 2006 May;175(5):1742-7. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16600747
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Krambeck AE, Rule AD, Li X, Bergstralh EJ, Gettman MT, Lieske JC. Shock wave lithotripsy is not predictive of hypertension among community stone formers at long-term followup. J Urol. 2011 Jan;185(1):164-9. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21074794
↑ Pearle MS. Shock-wave lithotripsy for renal calculi. N Engl J Med. 2012 Jul 5;367(1):50-7 PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22762318