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Last updated: 02/17/2009
BOOKS
Field, Michael, David Harris, and Carol Pollock. The Renal System. London: Churchill Livingstone, 2001.
Parker, James N. The 2002 Official Patient's Source Book on Kidney Stones. Logan, UT: ICON Health,...
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Tanagho, Emil A., and Jack W. McAninch. Smith's General Urology, 15th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2000.
Walsh, Patrick C., and Alan B. Retik. Campbell's Urology, 8th ed. Philadelphia: Saunders, 2002.
PERIODICALS
Ather, M. H., and M. A. Noor. "Does Size and Site Matter for Renal Stones Up to 30 mm in Size in Children Treated by Extracorporeal Lithotripsy?"Urology 61, no.1 (2003): 212–215.
Downey, P., and D. Tolley. "Contemporary Management of Renal Calculus Disease."Journal of the Royal College of Surgery (Edinburgh) 47, no.5 (2002): 668–675.
Hochreiter, W. W., H. Danuser, M. Perrig, and U. E. Studer. "Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy for Distal Ureteral Calculi."Journal of Urology 169, no.3 (2003): 878–880.
Rajkumar, P., and G. F. Schmitgen. "Shock Waves Do More Than Just Crush Stones: Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy in Plantar Fasciitis."International Journal of Clinical Practice 56, no.10 (2002): 735–737.
ORGANIZATIONS
American Foundation for Urologic Disease. 1128 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21201. (800) 242-2383 or (410) 468-1800.
American Lithotripsy Society. 305 Second Avenue, Suite 200, Waltham, MA 02451.
American Medical Association. 515 N. State Street, Chicago, IL 60610. (312) 464-5000.
American Urological Association. 1120 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21201-5559. (410) 727-1100.
National Kidney Foundation. 30 East 33rd Street, New York, NY 10016. (800) 622-9010. (781) 895-9098. Fax: (781) 895-9088. E-mail:
OTHER
Case Western Reserve University. [cited March 17, 2003]
Global Lithotripsy Services. [cited March 17, 2003]
Lifespan. [cited March 17, 2003]
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. [cited March 17, 2003]
National Library of Medicine. [cited March 17, 2003]
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Lithotripsy is a medical procedure that uses shock waves to break up stones that form in the kidney, bladder, ureters, or gallbladder. There are several forms of lithotripsy. The most common is extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL). Extracorporeal means outside the body.
From http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/007113.htm
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