Objective: To evaluate the therapeutic effects of pneumatic lithotripsy on children urethral calculi.
Methods: Twenty-two cases of the male children with urethral calculi were treated with pneumatic lithotripsy under ureteroscopy.
Results: All the patients were treated successfully in a single procedure. The time of lithotripsy was (5.5 +/- 2.2) minutes, and no serious complication such as obvious hematuria, infection and urethral stricture occurred.
Conclusions: It is suggested that pneumatic lithotripsy under ureteroscopy is an effective and simple way for the treatment of urethral calculi in children.