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Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy of renal calculi during early pregnancy
Author(s) -
Asgari,
Mohammad Reza Safarinejad,
Seyed Yousef Hosseini,
_ Dadkhah
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
bju international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1464-410X
pISSN - 1464-4096
DOI - 10.1046/j.1464-410x.1999.00275.x
Subject(s) - medicine , extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy , pregnancy , lithotripsy , obstetrics , kidney stones , ultrasonography , surgery , genetics , biology
Objective To evaluate the safety of renal stone treatment by extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) during pregnancy. Patients and methods Data from 824 women of reproductive age who were treated by ESWL were analysed and the patients surveyed using a questionnaire about pregnancies, to which 636 (76%) responded. Of these patients, six had inadvertently undergone ESWL for renal stones during the first month of pregnancy. The stones were detected and located during ESWL using ultrasonography. Results The six patients gave birth to six children who had no detectable malformations or chromosomal anomalies. Conclusion Although these results suggest that there were no adverse effects of ESWL during early pregnancy, a larger series should be assessed to confirm the safety and long‐term effects of ultrasound‐guided ESWL in the treatment of renal calculi during pregnancy. We do not advocate lithotripsy as a treatment for renal calculi in pregnancy, but inadvertent lithotripsy in a pregnant woman is not a cause for concern.