Extra corporeal shockwave lithotripsy resulting in skin burns – a report of two cases

Rao, Sandhya; Ballesteros, Natalia; Short, Kerry L.; Gathani, Krishna K.; Ankem, Murali K.

doi:10.1590/s1677-5538.ibju.2014.06.19

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“…When an extracorporeal device is used to distribute the incident energy over a large skin area, the device has a wide aperture and long focal length to decrease the acoustic intensity at the wave site to avoid skin burn. However, severe full skin burns following extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) for renal calculi [18] or second-degree burns after shock wave lithotripsy [19] have been reported. Also, some patients face post-procedure side effects, such as pain, vomiting, and wounds on their skin.…”

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An Introduction to High Intensity Focused Ultrasound: Systematic Review on Principles, Devices, and Clinical Applications

Izadifar

Chapman

Babyn

2020

JCM

261

169

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Ultrasound can penetrate deep into tissues and interact with human tissue via thermal and mechanical mechanisms. The ability to focus an ultrasound beam and its energy onto millimeter-size targets was a significant milestone in the development of therapeutic applications of focused ultrasound. Focused ultrasound can be used as a non-invasive thermal ablation technique for tumor treatment and is being developed as an option to standard oncologic therapies. High-intensity focused ultrasound has now been used for clinical treatment of a variety of solid malignant tumors, including those in the pancreas, liver, kidney, bone, prostate, and breast, as well as uterine fibroids and soft-tissue sarcomas. Magnetic resonance imaging and Ultrasound imaging can be combined with high intensity focused ultrasound to provide real-time imaging during ablation. Magnetic resonance guided focused ultrasound represents a novel non-invasive method of treatment that may play an important role as an alternative to open neurosurgical procedures for treatment of a number of brain disorders. This paper briefly reviews the underlying principles of HIFU and presents current applications, outcomes, and complications after treatment. Recent applications of Focused ultrasound for tumor treatment, drug delivery, vessel occlusion, histotripsy, movement disorders, and vascular, oncologic, and psychiatric applications are reviewed, along with clinical challenges and potential future clinical applications of HIFU.

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confidence: 99%

An Introduction to High Intensity Focused Ultrasound: Systematic Review on Principles, Devices, and Clinical Applications

Izadifar

Chapman

Babyn

2020

JCM

261

169

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“…In lithotripsy, cavitation is more likely to create injury within blood vessels and to cause mechanical damage to organs such as the kidney. However, severe full skin burns after extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy for renal calculi (Rao et al 2014) or seconddegree burns after shock wave lithotripsy (Rangarajan et al 2012) are often reported. Some patients also face post-operative side effects such as pain, vomiting and skin wounds.…”

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Mechanical and Biological Effects of Ultrasound: A Review of Present Knowledge

Izadifar

Babyn

Chapman

2017

Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology

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Ultrasound is widely used for medical diagnosis and increasingly for therapeutic purposes. An understanding of the bio-effects of sonography is important for clinicians and scientists working in the field because permanent damage to biological tissues can occur at high levels of exposure. Here the underlying principles of thermal mechanisms and the physical interactions of ultrasound with biological tissues are reviewed. Adverse health effects derived from cellular studies, animal studies and clinical reports are reviewed to provide insight into the in vitro and in vivo bio-effects of ultrasound.

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Extra corporeal shockwave lithotripsy resulting in skin burns – a report of two cases

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An Introduction to High Intensity Focused Ultrasound: Systematic Review on Principles, Devices, and Clinical Applications

An Introduction to High Intensity Focused Ultrasound: Systematic Review on Principles, Devices, and Clinical Applications

Mechanical and Biological Effects of Ultrasound: A Review of Present Knowledge

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