Are biological effects of shock waves caused by free radicals?
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1991
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Stone fragmentation in extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy as well as accompanying tissue damage are attributed to cavitation. We attempted to demonstrate and localize the occurrence of cavitation in cell-free solutions and MGH-U1 cells using sensitive dyes for the detection of cavitation-generated free radicals.