Lithotripsy

"Lithotripsy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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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.

Descriptor ID	D008096
MeSH Number(s)	E02.600 E04.943.500
Concept/Terms	Lithotripsy Lithotripsy Lithotripsies Litholapaxy Litholapaxies Percutaneous Ultrasonic Lithotripsy Percutaneous Ultrasonic Lithotripsy Lithotripsies, Percutaneous Ultrasonic Lithotripsy, Percutaneous Ultrasonic Percutaneous Ultrasonic Lithotripsies Ultrasonic Lithotripsies, Percutaneous Ultrasonic Lithotripsy, Percutaneous Ultrasonic Lithotripsy Lithotripsies, Ultrasonic Lithotripsy, Ultrasonic Ultrasonic Lithotripsies Extracorporeal Shockwave Lithotripsy Extracorporeal Shockwave Lithotripsy Extracorporeal Shockwave Lithotripsies Lithotripsies, Extracorporeal Shockwave Lithotripsy, Extracorporeal Shockwave Shockwave Lithotripsies, Extracorporeal Shockwave Lithotripsy, Extracorporeal Electrohydraulic Shockwave Lithotripsy Electrohydraulic Shockwave Lithotripsies Lithotripsies, Electrohydraulic Shockwave Lithotripsy, Electrohydraulic Shockwave Shockwave Lithotripsies, Electrohydraulic Shockwave Lithotripsy, Electrohydraulic ESWL (Extracorporeal Shockwave Lithotripsy) ESWLs (Extracorporeal Shockwave Lithotripsy) Noninvasive Litholapaxy Noninvasive Litholapaxy Litholapaxies, Noninvasive Litholapaxy, Noninvasive Noninvasive Litholapaxies

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Lithotripsy".

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Therapeutics [E02]
Lithotripsy [E02.600]
Surgical Procedures, Operative [E04]
Ultrasonic Surgical Procedures [E04.943]
Lithotripsy [E04.943.500]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Lithotripsy".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Lithotripsy".

Lithotripsy
Lithotripsy, Laser

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2009	0	1	1
2014	2	0	2
2018	0	1	1
2020	1	0	1
2022	1	0	1
2024	0	1	1

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Sheth SG, Machicado JD, Chalhoub JM, Forsmark C, Zyromski N, Thosani NC, Thiruvengadam NR, Ruan W, Pawa S, Ngamruengphong S, Marya NB, Kohli DR, Fujii-Lau LL, Forbes N, Elhanafi SE, Desai M, Cosgrove N, Coelho-Prabhu N, Amateau SK, Alipour O, Abidi W, Qumseya BJ. American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy guideline on the role of endoscopy in the management of chronic pancreatitis: summary and recommendations. Gastrointest Endosc. 2024 Oct; 100(4):584-594.

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Singh J, Kuhn AL, Massari F, Elnazeir M, Kutcher R, Puri AS. Intravascular lithotripsy for severely calcified carotid artery stenosis - A new frontier in carotid artery stenting? Interv Neuroradiol. 2023 Dec; 29(6):768-772.

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Tapiero S, Patel RM. Editorial Comment on: "Pressurized-Bag Irrigation Versus Hand-Operated Irrigation Pumps During Ureteroscopic Laser Lithotripsy: Comparison of Infectious Complications" by Farag et al. J Endourol. 2021 07; 35(7):1118.

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Khan S, Khan IA, Ullah K, Khan S, Wang X, Zhu LP, Rehman MU, Chen X, Wang BM. Etiological aspects of intragastric bezoars and its associations to the gastric function implications: A case report and a literature review. Medicine (Baltimore). 2018 Jul; 97(27):e11320.

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Sternberg KM. Editorial Comment. J Urol. 2018 02; 199(2):507.

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Brewer Gutierrez OI, Bekkali NLH, Raijman I, Sturgess R, Sejpal DV, Aridi HD, Sherman S, Shah RJ, Kwon RS, Buxbaum JL, Zulli C, Wassef W, Adler DG, Kushnir V, Wang AY, Krishnan K, Kaul V, Tzimas D, DiMaio CJ, Ho S, Petersen B, Moon JH, Elmunzer BJ, Webster GJM, Chen YI, Dwyer LK, Inamdar S, Patrick VB, Attwell A, Hosmer A, Ko C, Maurano A, Sarkar A, Taylor LJ, Gregory MH, Strand DS, Raza A, Kothari S, Harris JP, Kumta NA, Manvar A, Topazian MD, Lee YN, Spiceland CM, Trindade AJ, Bukhari MA, Sanaei O, Ngamruengphong S, Khashab MA. Efficacy and Safety of Digital Single-Operator Cholangioscopy for Difficult Biliary Stones. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2018 06; 16(6):918-926.e1.

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Bhojani N, Mandeville JA, Hameed TA, Soergel TM, McAteer JA, Williams JC, Krambeck AE, Lingeman JE. Lithotripter outcomes in a community practice setting: comparison of an electromagnetic and an electrohydraulic lithotripter. J Urol. 2015 Mar; 193(3):875-9.

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Handa RK, Evan AP, Connors BA, Johnson CD, Liu Z, Alloosh M, Sturek M, Evans-Molina C, Mandeville JA, Gnessin E, Lingeman JE. Shock wave lithotripsy targeting of the kidney and pancreas does not increase the severity of metabolic syndrome in a porcine model. J Urol. 2014 Oct; 192(4):1257-65.

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Poch M, Haleblian GE. Minimally invasive stone surgery: percutaneous, ureteroscopic and extracorporeal approaches to renal and ureteral calculi. Med Health R I. 2009 Oct; 92(10):339-41.

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Mandeville JA, Nelson CP. Pediatric urolithiasis. Curr Opin Urol. 2009 Jul; 19(4):419-23.

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