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Descriptor English:   Lithotripsy 
Descriptor Spanish:   Litotripsia 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Litotripsia 
Synonyms English:   Electrohydraulic Shockwave Lithotripsy
Extracorporeal Shockwave Lithotripsy
Litholapaxy
Noninvasive Litholapaxy
Percutaneous Ultrasonic Lithotripsy
Ultrasonic Lithotripsy
ESWL (Extracorporeal Shockwave Lithotripsy)  
Tree Number:   E02.600
E04.943.500
Definition English:   The destruction of a calculus of the kidney, ureter, bladder, or gallbladder by physical forces, including crushing with a lithotriptor through a catheter. Focused percutaneous ultrasound and focused hydraulic shock waves may be used without surgery. Lithotripsy does not include the dissolving of stones by acids or litholysis. Lithotripsy by laser is LITHOTRIPSY, LASER. 
Indexing Annotation English:   do not use /util except by MeSH definition; litholysis (dissolving calculi by acid) is disease /ther, not LITHOTRIPSY; DF: ESWL
See Related English:   High-Energy Shock Waves
 
History Note English:   86 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
AE adverse effects CL classification
CT contraindications EC economics
ES ethics HI history
IS instrumentation MT methods
MO mortality NU nursing
PX psychology ST standards
SN statistics & numerical data TD trends
UT utilization VE veterinary
Record Number:   19612 
Unique Identifier:   D008096 

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