Twenty-year prevalence of diabetes mellitus and hypertension in patients receiving shock-wave lithotripsy for urolithiasis.

Objectives: To compare the prevalence of hypertension and diabetes mellitus (DM) in patients treated with an unmodified HM-3 lithotripter (USWL) and a second-generation modified HM-3 lithotripter (MSWL) 20 years ago at our Centre with that in the provincial population. To determine whether the type of lithotripter was differentially associated with the development of these sequelae.

Patients And Methods: Retrospective review of 727 patients at Vancouver General Hospital who underwent shock-wave lithotripsy (SWL) between 1985 and 1989.

The efficacy of the Dornier Doli S lithotripter for renal stones.

Introduction: There is little documentation of the efficacy of the Doli-S lithotripter. This study investigated the outcome of ESWL with the Doli-S lithotripter on previously untreated renal calculi.

Methods: Over a 12 month period, 105 consecutive patients with renal stones, treated by a single urologist were enrolled in the study.