Extracorporeal shock wave therapy

Hatzichristodoulou G, Meisner C, Liske P et al (2006) Efficacy of extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) in patients with Peyronie s disease (PD)-first results of... 

US has a definite role in the management of plantar fasciitis by guiding local injection of steroids (Kane et al. 1998 Tsai et al. 2000b, 2006), extracorporeal shock-wave therapy (Hyer et al. 2005b), or needle fasciotomy (Folman et al. 2005). For steroid injection, both posterior and anterior approaches can be used to direct the needle tip inside the thickened portion of the fascia. Similar to other authors, we prefer to select a posterior approach to inject the plantar fascia (Kane et al. 1998 Tsai et al. 2000). The patient lies prone with the affected foot resting on a triangular pillow to... 

Hyer CF, Dawson JM, Philbin TM et al (2005a) The peroneal tubercle description, classification, and relevance to peroneus longus tendon pathology. Foot Ankle Int 26 947-950 Hyer CF, Vancourt R, Block A (2005b) Evaluation of ultrasound-guided extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) in the treatment of chronic plantar fasciitis. J Foot Ankle Surg 44 137-143... 

Rowatinex has also been used with success in the removal of residual stone fragments after extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL), a situation that occurs in up to 72% of patients given this therapy. These fragments are important to remove since they may lead to calculus regrowth, infection, or obstruction. With 50 patients, it was found that Rowatinex decreased the number of calculi debris, reducing the number of late complications and further interventions. By day 28, 82% of patients were free of calculi, whereas this situation is normally reached after 3 months without Rowatinex treatment (Siller et al., 1998). 

Chung MK, Streem SB, Ching E, Grooms M, Mowrey KA, Wilkoff B. Effects of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy on tiered therapy implantable cardioverter defibrillators. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 1999 22 738-742. 

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