[Painless extra-corporal shock wave lithotripsy using the HM3 Dornier lithotripter].

In a clinical study with a modified shock wave generator supplied by Dornier Medizintechnik for the Dornier Kidney Lithotripter HM3 the requirement of analgetics decreased significantly during Opioid-Analgesia. It could be shown that Extra-corporal Shock Wave Lithotripsy is possible without a central acting drug. Furthermore, a reduction of perioperative morbidity could be observed with the new generator.