Antibiotic prophylaxis with a single dose of ciprofloxacin reduces bacteriuria and urinary tract infections (UTIs) after shockwave lithotripsy for urolithiasis. A single dose of ciprofloxacin before ...

Extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy (SWL) is an established strategy for the removal of urinary calculi. Incident shock waves pulverize stones, which are subsequently expelled from the urinary ...

Meta-analysis reveals a significantly increased risk only in male patients. Patients with stones smaller than 7 mm are more likely have a successful treatment than those with larger stones, ...

Shock-wave lithotripsy (SWL) has been used in the minimally invasive treatment of renal and proximal ureteral stones for over 20 years. The transient, acute effects of SWL on renal and other tissues ...

Shockwave lithotripsy (SWL) for pediatric patients leads to less pain and fewer abnormal urinary symptoms after recovery than the widely used ureteroscopy (URS) procedure, according to research ...

Credit: Getty Images. A recent study may support use of tamsulosin as medical expulsion therapy following shockwave lithotripsy. Tamsulosin may be effective as medical expulsive therapy for patients ...