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Development, Indications and Clinical Experience

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Controversies and Innovations in Urological Surgery

Part of the book series: Clinical Practice in Urology ((PRACTICE UROLOG))

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Geometric focusing is one of the essential principles of non-invasive kidney stone disintegration. The other is the application of shock waves. The existence of shock waves is inseparably associated with extremely high velocities of bodies, i.e. with velocities exceeding the sound velocity in the respective medium. Typical examples are the impingement of rain and sand particles on supersonic aircraft, the collision of meteorites with spacecraft or the effect of high-velocity projectiles on armoured objects (Forssman and Hepp 1980; Hepp 1984).

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  1. Department of Urology, Southmead General Hospital, Westbury-on-Trym, BS10 5NB, Bristol, UK

    J. Clive Gingell MB, BCh, FRCS, FRCS(Ed) (Consultant Urologist) & Paul H. Abrams MD, FRCS (Consultant Urologist) (Consultant Urologist) &  (Consultant Urologist)

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Eisenberger, F., Rassweiler, J. (1988). Development, Indications and Clinical Experience. In: Gingell, J.C., Abrams, P.H. (eds) Controversies and Innovations in Urological Surgery. Clinical Practice in Urology. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3142-7_2

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