"Lithotripsy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The destruction of a calculus of the kidney, ureter, bladder, or gallbladder by physical forces, including crushing with a lithotriptor through a catheter. Focused percutaneous ultrasound and focused hydraulic shock waves may be used without surgery. Lithotripsy does not include the dissolving of stones by acids or litholysis. Lithotripsy by laser is LITHOTRIPSY, LASER.
| Descriptor ID |
D008096
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.600 E04.943.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Lithotripsy- Lithotripsy
- Lithotripsies
- Litholapaxy
- Litholapaxies
Percutaneous Ultrasonic Lithotripsy- Percutaneous Ultrasonic Lithotripsy
- Lithotripsies, Percutaneous Ultrasonic
- Lithotripsy, Percutaneous Ultrasonic
- Percutaneous Ultrasonic Lithotripsies
- Ultrasonic Lithotripsies, Percutaneous
- Ultrasonic Lithotripsy, Percutaneous
- Ultrasonic Lithotripsy
- Lithotripsies, Ultrasonic
- Lithotripsy, Ultrasonic
- Ultrasonic Lithotripsies
Extracorporeal Shockwave Lithotripsy- Extracorporeal Shockwave Lithotripsy
- Extracorporeal Shockwave Lithotripsies
- Lithotripsies, Extracorporeal Shockwave
- Lithotripsy, Extracorporeal Shockwave
- Shockwave Lithotripsies, Extracorporeal
- Shockwave Lithotripsy, Extracorporeal
- Electrohydraulic Shockwave Lithotripsy
- Electrohydraulic Shockwave Lithotripsies
- Lithotripsies, Electrohydraulic Shockwave
- Lithotripsy, Electrohydraulic Shockwave
- Shockwave Lithotripsies, Electrohydraulic
- Shockwave Lithotripsy, Electrohydraulic
- ESWL (Extracorporeal Shockwave Lithotripsy)
- ESWLs (Extracorporeal Shockwave Lithotripsy)
Noninvasive Litholapaxy- Noninvasive Litholapaxy
- Litholapaxies, Noninvasive
- Litholapaxy, Noninvasive
- Noninvasive Litholapaxies
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| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Lithotripsy" by people in Profiles.
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Review of intravascular lithotripsy for treating coronary, peripheral artery, and valve calcifications. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2024 02; 103(2):295-307.
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Per-oral pancreatoscopy-guided lithotripsy vs. extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy for treating refractory main pancreatic duct stones in chronic pancreatitis: Protocol for an open-label multi-center randomized clinical trial. Pancreatology. 2022 Dec; 22(8):1120-1125.
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Pancreatoscopy-directed Electrohydraulic Lithotripsy in a Pediatric Patient With Pancreas Divisum and Cystic Fibrosis. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2020 02; 70(2):e48.
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Per Oral Pancreatoscopy Identification of Main-duct Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasms and Concomitant Pancreatic Duct Stones: Not Mutually Exclusive. Pancreas. 2019 07; 48(6):792-794.
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TISU: Extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy, as first treatment option, compared with direct progression to ureteroscopic treatment, for ureteric stones: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials. 2018 May 22; 19(1):286.
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Efficacy and Safety of Digital Single-Operator Cholangioscopy for Difficult Biliary Stones. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2018 06; 16(6):918-926.e1.
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Use of cone-beam CT and live 3-D needle guidance to facilitate percutaneous nephrostomy and nephrolithotripsy access in children and adolescents. Pediatr Radiol. 2016 Apr; 46(4):570-4.
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Initial Experience and Comparative Efficacy of the UreTron: A New Intracorporeal Ultrasonic Lithotriptor. Urology. 2015 Jun; 85(6):1279-83.
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Minimally invasive treatment of Peyronie's disease: evidence-based progress. BJU Int. 2014 Jul; 114(1):16-24.
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Is there a role for tamsulosin after shock wave lithotripsy in the treatment of renal and ureteral calculi? J Endourol. 2011 Mar; 25(3):495-8.