Shock wave lithotripsy for a renal stone in a tetraplegic patient as a trigger for life-threatening posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome

Shock wave lithotripsy (SWL) is considered a non-invasive treatment for urinary stones and usually advocated for frail patients with spinal cord injury (SCI). We report a life-threatening complication, called posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES), in a tetraplegic person who underwent...

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Main Authors: Gianluca Sampogna, Matteo Maltagliati, Bernardo Rocco, Salvatore Micali, Emanuele Montanari, Michele Spinelli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-07-01
Series:Urology Case Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214442020300929