[The composition and structure of salivary calculi (sialoliths)].

Composition and structure of more than 50 sialoliths were examined to optimize the treatment of sialolithiasis. Infrared spectroscopy, x-ray phase analysis, optic and electron microscopy were used in examinations. The concrements consist of organic and mineral substances, the former ones predominating.

[Extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy on the Sonolith-3000 apparatus].

The authors observed 812 patients with nephrolithiasis who underwent 876 sessions of shock-wave lithotripsy on Sonolith-3000 lithotriptor supplied with an ultrasonic system of the stone localization. The size of nephroliths ranged from 0.7 to 4.