OBJECTIVE: To investigate the use of shock-wave lithotripsy in the treatment of salivary gland disease in HIV-positive patients. STUDY DESIGN: Four patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus with ultrasonographically confirmed sialolithiasis (three male patients, mean age 33.5 years, range 19-41 years) were treated with extracorporeal electromagnetic shock-wave lithotripsy. RESULTS: All but one of the patients were successfully treated or experienced relief, with complete stone clearance demonstrated by ultrasonography 12 months after lithotripsy. CONCLUSION: Extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy is a safe, effective and minimally invasive technique for the nonsurgical treatment of HIV-positive patients with sialolithiasis.
Salivary stone lithotripsy in the HIV patient / P. Capaccio, A. d'Arminio Monforte, M. Moroni, F. Ottaviani. - In: ORAL SURGERY ORAL MEDICINE ORAL PATHOLOGY ORAL RADIOLOGY AND ENDODONTICS. - ISSN 1079-2104. - 93:5(2002), pp. 525-527. [10.1067/moe.2002.122343]
Salivary stone lithotripsy in the HIV patient
P. CapaccioPrimo
;A. d'Arminio MonforteSecondo
;M. MoroniPenultimo
;F. OttavianiUltimo
2002
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the use of shock-wave lithotripsy in the treatment of salivary gland disease in HIV-positive patients. STUDY DESIGN: Four patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus with ultrasonographically confirmed sialolithiasis (three male patients, mean age 33.5 years, range 19-41 years) were treated with extracorporeal electromagnetic shock-wave lithotripsy. RESULTS: All but one of the patients were successfully treated or experienced relief, with complete stone clearance demonstrated by ultrasonography 12 months after lithotripsy. CONCLUSION: Extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy is a safe, effective and minimally invasive technique for the nonsurgical treatment of HIV-positive patients with sialolithiasis.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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