Thursday, 22 November 2018
12pm to 2pm (12pm-Lunch, 1pm–Talk)
Farrer Park Medical Centre, 1 Farrer Park Station Road, Connexion #16-06, TK Low Academic Specialist Centre, Singapore 217562
Shock Waves have been used in many Medical Applications. The beginning of Shock Wave Therapy started in 1982 when a group of German Scientists hatched the idea of using this form of energy for medical purposes. In 1985, the first "Water Bath" Lithotripter machine, Dornier HM3, was installed at the Eastshore Hospital in Singapore. This was used to treat Renal Stones without any invasion into the body. The Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy (ESWL) machine became the standard treatment for over 85% of stones in the renal tract. Singapore became a leading center in the Asia Pacific Region, and HM3 ESWL Lithotripter was commissioned even before the United Kingdom had its first machine!
Since the introduction of the HM3 machine requiring an immersion of the patient in a water bath with epidural anesthesia, newer and better applications with a less bulky machines have evolved. Improvements have resulted in excellent results at stone disintegration with patients being treated mainly on an out-patient basis today.
Although tremendous successes were achieved in renal stone treatment, Shock Waves were introduced for various other medical treatments, some with success but others also resulting in failures with abandonment of the techniques.
This CME Lunch Talk will cover some examples of failure of treatment in Shock Wave applications, as well as the following new techniques:
*This session is open to doctors and healthcare professionals only. Thank you.
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Urologist
Dr Jimmy Beng has been a pioneer for Shock Wave Lithotripsy since the first HM3 Water Bath machine was introduced in 1985. He has been a leading investigator in various new machines in Shock Waves treatment. As President of the Singapore Urological Association, he was Chairman of the World Congress of Endourology and ESWL held in Singapore in 1992. Dr Beng introduced the Dornier Compact S machine as the first Shock Wave machine to be used for office treatment. A paper was read at the World Congress of Endourology and ESWL in Melbourne in 1996 for the use of office lithotripsy of stones and for orthopedic applications.
Dr Beng continues his work in Lithotripsy and introduced the first hand held Lithotripter machine for Orthopedic and the treatment of Peyronie's Disease in Urology in 2005. In 2015, together with colleagues, he started low intensity Shock Waves (LiSW) treatment for Erectile Dysfunction (ED). This technique of treatment for ED has made improvements and an acceptable challenge to the current treatment with available ED drugs.