Review Article

Management of Clinically Insignificant Residual Fragments following Shock Wave Lithotripsy

Table 1

Rate of regrowth of residual fragments.

Study (year)Followup (mos)Growth (%)

Streem et al., 1996 [37]8918.1
Zanetti et al., 1997 [39]2417
Bucholz et al., 1997 [40]302.1
Candau et al., 2000 [4]4037
Khaitan et al., 2002 [38]1559
Osman et al., 2005 [8]6021.4
El-Nahas et al., 2006 [5]3113.6