Biomaterial Database

Ultrasonic lithotriptor for urethral and bladder stones. 1978

S el-Fahiq, and D M Wallace

Bladder or urethral calculi in 50 patients were effectively fragmented and removed per-urethrally using an ultrasonic lithotriptor with the probe vibrating at 30,000 implulses/s. In adults, local anaesthesia was employed and the operation performed as an out-patient procedure. The method has the advantages over others discussed in that a small (23 F) sheath is used and that damage to the bladder or urethra by the probe is avoided. Using a newer, modified sheath resembling that for punch prostatectomy, larger stones can be fragmented by engaging the stone in the fenestrum of the sheath.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D001744	Urinary Bladder Calculi	Stones in the URINARY BLADDER; also known as vesical calculi, bladder stones, or cystoliths.	Urinary Bladder Stones,Vesical Calculi,Bladder Calculi,Bladder Stones,Calculi of Urinary Bladder,Cystoliths,Bladder Calculi, Urinary,Bladder Calculus,Bladder Calculus, Urinary,Bladder Stone,Bladder Stone, Urinary,Bladder Stones, Urinary,Calculi, Bladder,Calculi, Urinary Bladder,Calculi, Vesical,Calculus, Bladder,Calculus, Urinary Bladder,Calculus, Vesical,Cystolith,Stone, Bladder,Stone, Urinary Bladder,Stones, Bladder,Stones, Urinary Bladder,Urinary Bladder Calculus,Urinary Bladder Stone,Vesical Calculus
D002648	Child	A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL.	Children
D005069	Evaluation Studies as Topic	Works about studies that determine the effectiveness or value of processes, personnel, and equipment, or the material on conducting such studies.	Critique,Evaluation Indexes,Evaluation Methodology,Evaluation Report,Evaluation Research,Methodology, Evaluation,Pre-Post Tests,Qualitative Evaluation,Quantitative Evaluation,Theoretical Effectiveness,Use-Effectiveness,Critiques,Effectiveness, Theoretical,Evaluation Methodologies,Evaluation Reports,Evaluation, Qualitative,Evaluation, Quantitative,Evaluations, Qualitative,Evaluations, Quantitative,Indexes, Evaluation,Methodologies, Evaluation,Pre Post Tests,Pre-Post Test,Qualitative Evaluations,Quantitative Evaluations,Report, Evaluation,Reports, Evaluation,Research, Evaluation,Test, Pre-Post,Tests, Pre-Post,Use Effectiveness
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D014464	Ultrasonic Therapy	The use of focused, high-frequency sound waves to produce local hyperthermia in certain diseased or injured parts of the body or to destroy the diseased tissue.	Therapeutic Ultrasound,Ultrasound Therapy,Therapy, Ultrasonic,Therapies, Ultrasonic,Therapies, Ultrasound,Therapy, Ultrasound,Ultrasonic Therapies,Ultrasound Therapies,Ultrasound, Therapeutic
D014522	Urethral Diseases	Pathological processes involving the URETHRA.	Disease, Urethral,Diseases, Urethral,Urethral Disease
D014572	Urology	A surgical specialty concerned with the study, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases of the urinary tract in both sexes, and the genital tract in the male. Common urological problems include urinary obstruction, URINARY INCONTINENCE, infections, and UROGENITAL NEOPLASMS.
D020684	Cystoscopes	Endoscopes for visual examination of the urinary bladder.	Cystoscope