Intraoperative Assessment of of Burst Wave Lithotripsy (BWL)
Burst Wave Lithotripsy (BWL) for the Comminution of Urinary Tract Stones: Intraoperative Evaluation of Safety and Effectiveness
University of Washington
40 participants
Aug 8, 2019
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
Burst Wave Lithotripsy (BWL) is a novel method of urinary stone fragmentation that uses multi-cycle bursts of low amplitude ultrasound to induce stone fracture. This is in contrast to traditional extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (SWL), which employs a brief single compression/tensile cycle of high amplitude (shock) waves to achieve stone fracture. This is a single-arm feasibility study to test the ability of BWL to comminute (fragment) stones in humans.
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Interventions
Fragment upper urinary tract stones
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NCT03873259