[Prospects for using biological markers in various types of urinary stone lithotripsy].

Aim: To investigate the feasibility of using biological markers for determining the optimal timing to repeat lithotripsy of urinary stones.

Materials And Methods: This was a prospective, randomized, single-center cohort study of 100 patients randomized into 4 groups. Patients of group I (n=46), II (n=20), III (n=18) and IV (n=16) were used contact lithotripsy (URS), ESWL, PNL, combined lithotripsy.

[The efficiency of combined methods of lithotripsy for ureteral stones].

Extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy (ESWL) is the first line treatment of uncomplicated upper ureteral stones. Ureterorenoscopy with contact lithotripsy (URS) are useful for middle and lower ureteral stones. However, the presence of residual calculi, the stone fragments migration and the formation of "steinstrasse", when using those methods separately, prompts employing combination of lithotripsy modalities.