Technology Assessment and New Kidney Stone Treatment Methods
Published on 3. March 1988
Book
Hardback
192 pages
978-0-19-261649-4 (ISBN)
Description
The level of high technology in medicine is constantly increasing, and in consequence the need for assessment of this technology is growing. This book takes as an example the technique of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL), which is likely to become the most important method of treatment for kidney stones in the near future, and subjects it to health technology assessment as part of a European Community Project aimed at setting up a general health technology assessment research programme within the EEC. The book first considers empirical research related to treatment methods, and examines regional variations within countries, as well as variations over a period of time. Technology assessment is then introduced and applied to ESWL, leading to suggestions for future research and for a second generation of ESWL machines. Urologists; health planners; technology assessment researchers; health services researchers.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 150 mm
Weight
492 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-261649-4 (9780192616494)
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Content
PART I: EPIDEMIOLOGY AND DISSEMINATION OF ESWL IN THE EEC: S. Challah: Epidemiology of urinary stones; L.M.J. Groot: The diffusion of lithotripters in the European Community; PART II: EXTRACORPOREAL SHOCK WAVE LITHOTRIPSY AND PERCUTANEOUS LITHOTRIPSY: D. Jocham, H. Mager, and W. Weber: Technical, clinical, and other aspects; Ph. Thibault: French experience with ESWL at the CIEL - Assistance Publique de Paris; R. Gilhuis, K.H. Kurth, and J.S. Lameris: Dutch experience with combination of PCL and ESWL; G. Tailly: Belgian experience with percutaneous nephrolithomies; PART III: REGIONAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATIONS: T.F. Andersen, H. Bay-Nielsen, and F. Kamper-Jorgensen: Regional and temporal variations in the treatment of renal and ureteral calculi in Denmark 1980-1984; B. Jonsson: Temporal and regional variations in kidney stone treatment in Sweden; D. Jocham: Change in treatment strategies for urolithiasis in a German clinic; P. Puppo, P. Bottino, F. Germinale, C. Cavaglia, and L. Guiliani: Temporal variations in kidney stone treatment in an Italian clinic; L. Tiret and F. Hatton: Kidney and ureter stones: French epidemiological data; A. Verbaeys, W. Oosterlinck, and W.A. De Sy: Changes in treatment profile over time in a Belgian clinic; PART IV: TECHNOLOOGY ASSESSMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF A SECOND GENERATION OF ESWL: F. Kamper-Jorgensen: General elements of health technology assessment; S. Challah: The evaluation of extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy in the United Kingdom; P. Carlsson: Swedish assessment of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy and alternative technologies for kidney stone treatment; G. de Pouvourville, D. Poulin, C. Bitker, Ph. Thibault, Y. Mattilon, and J.M. Dubernard: Evaluation of the introduction of ESWL in two French centres; Ph. Thibault, J. Dory, G. Vallancien, J.M. Brisset, J. Andre-Bougaran, J.P. Cotard, and J.Y. Moraillon: French development of a second generation lithotripter; H.H. Holm: The Danish shock wave lithotripter; PART V: GROUP WORK AND PROPOSALS FOR RESEARCH ACTIVITIES: Group Session reports.