Abstract:Kesidtial microiragmcnfs after ESWL were studied for their presence and for possibility of dissolution with citrate therapy. Among 123 patients with renal stones who became stone-free following ESWL, a computed toiiiogr.ini (CT) itientifiecl remaining microfragments within the treated kidney in 31.7% of the patients, even though stone fragments were not detectable on ordinary x-ray (KUU). The experiments, in which calcium oxalate stone fragments c-ollected Show more
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