[Pulsed dye laser vs EKL-Compact lithotriptor in the treatment of distal ureteral lithiasis].

Objectives: Our results in the treatment of distal ureteral calculus with pulsed dye lasertripsy (Pulsolith) and the EKL-Compact (Olympus) electrokinetic lithotriptor are analyzed.

Methods: The time interval compared was 12 months for both cases; lasertripsy was utilized in 57 and electrokinetic energy in 61 cases. All patients underwent IVP or radiological and/or US evaluation of the urinary tree to determine the size and location of the calculus, and a complete routine presurgical assessment.

[The use of the EKL-COMPACT lithotriptor in the endoscopic treatment of ureteral lithiasis].

Objective: To report on our experience with the EKL-Compact (Olympus) lithotriptor in the treatment of ureteral calculi.

Methods/results: From December, 1994 to December, 1995, we performed 192 ureteroscopy procedures for endoscopic treatment of ureteral calculi. Stone removal was achieved without necessitating fragmentation in 131 cases.

[Treatment of ureteral lithiasis with laser].

We present our experience in the treatment of ureteral lithiasis with pulsed dye lasertripsy (Pulsolith)**. Evaluation of the results achieved in 67 cases of lithiasis that had been treated from January, 1990 to March, 1991 revealed a success rate of 93%. The remaining cases required the use of other complementary energy to achieve stone fragmentation.

[Treatment of benign prostatic hypertrophy using transurethral thermotherapy. Initial experience].

One hundred patients with benign prostatic hypertrophy have been treated from July 22, 1990 to April 3, 1991 (86 had been treated between July 22, 1990 and February 27, 1991) at the Department of Urology of Clínica La Luz. Measurement of residual urine with a catheter, maximum flow and index, and nocturnal frequency and urgency were determined in all patients. Patient subjective evaluation post-thermotherapy used a score from 0 to 10.

The use of the Dornier MPL-9000 lithotripter in the treatment of gallbladder and renal stones. Early experience.

The experience of two units (Gastroenterology and Urology) of Clínica La Luz, Madrid, in the treatment of gallbladder and renal lithiasis using the Dornier MPL-9000 lithotripter is reported herein. This lithotriptor has been utilized in the treatment of all cases of gallbladder calculi for which it is indicated and renal calculi localized high up (kidney), and in those cases that are difficult to treat with other lithotriptors such as patients with kyphoscoliosis, radiolucent calculi, elderly patients, children, etc.).