First experience with a modified Siemens Lithostar shock wave system.

A Siemens Lithostar shock wave system was modified and investigated clinically. The modified system yields increased focal pressure and energy density. The first clinical experience in renal calculi shows a significant reduction in shock wave numbers per treatment. Higher energy output enables better treatment results for difficult stones such as staghorn and infections calculi. Despite the higher energy output more than 90% of treatments could be performed without anesthesia or analgesia. No significant side effects could be detected. The service life of the modified shock wave system increased by a factor of two.

[Hair alterations in trichophytosis of roe deer--a differential diagnosis for hair parakeratosis]. / Haarveränderungen bei der Trichophytie des Rehwildes--eine Differentialdiagnose zur Haarparakeratose.

A rare case of mycosis (ringworm) in a female roedeer is described and compared with parakeratosis of hair. It seems that in game, parakeratosis--as a primary lesion--predisposes to mycosis.

[The etiology of liver dystrophy in the field hare (Lepus europaeus pallas)]. / Untersuchungen zur Atiologie der Leberdystrophie des Feldhasen (Lepus europaeus pallas).

The liver dystrophy of the European Brown Hare is widely distributed in Europe and predominantly called European Brown Hare Syndrome (EBHS) or Hemorrhagic Septicemia Syndrome. The disease could be reproduced by injection of sterile filtered organ material of two field cases in two hares held in captivity. The clinical symptoms and the pathologic alterations are described.