Five-Year Follow-up of Urinary Stone Patients Treated with Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy

Follow-up studies were carried out in patients treated with extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) from February 1980 to May 1984. The 131 Iodo-hippuran clearance studied separately in both kidneys of the first 18 patients showed no deterioration of renal function seven years post-ESWL.