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Suffering from urinary calculi is known as a widespread disease!
On average 4 % of the West European adult people suffer one or several times in their life from urinary
calculi.
Urinary calculi are generally built in the kidney. The majority of these stones migrate into the ureter
as ureteric stones. As for larger stones in the kidney, the simultaneous, combined application of
pneumatic and ultrasonic lithotripsy with the Swiss LithoClast® Master has become a new standard
for the percutaneous endoscopic disintegration of calculi. By using a combination of both methods
simultaneously, the stone removal time is dramatically reduced. Of course, the two lithotripsy methods
can also be used seperately, depending on the indication. A Lithoclast® Flexprobe is available for
flexible cystoscopes / nephroscopes which allows to treat stones in the lateral calyx through a lower or
upper pole access.
When using the Swiss LithoClast® 2 for fragmentation of kidney- and bladder stones, the LithoVac®lv3
system is recommended in addition for aspiration and suction of fragments in kidney and bladder.
URETER
Ureteric stones are very effectively treated by means of pneumatic lithotripsy - with or without
LithoVac® suction system. Both, the Swiss Lithoclast® Master and the Swiss Lithoclast® 2 offer this
treatment modality. Additionally, the Lithoclast® Flexprobes allow stone treatment through flexible
ureteroscopes (deflection approx. 40° allows to reach stones in the ureter, renal pelvic and upper
calyx). There are also ureteral ultrasound lithotripsy probes available for the Swiss Lithoclast® Master.