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DeCS
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Descriptor English:
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Lithotripsy
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Litotripsia
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Litotripsia
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Synonyms English:
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Electrohydraulic Shockwave Lithotripsy
Extracorporeal Shockwave Lithotripsy
Litholapaxy
Noninvasive Litholapaxy
Percutaneous Ultrasonic Lithotripsy
Ultrasonic Lithotripsy
ESWL (Extracorporeal Shockwave Lithotripsy)
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Tree Number:
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E02.600
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Definition English:
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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. |
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Indexing Annotation English:
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do not use /util except by MeSH definition; litholysis (dissolving calculi by acid) is disease /ther, not LITHOTRIPSY; DF: ESWL
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See Related English:
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High-Energy Shock Waves
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History Note English:
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86
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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19612
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Unique Identifier:
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D008096
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