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Lithotripsy is a
procedure involving the
physical destruction of
hardened m****es like
kidney stones,
bezoars or gallstones,
which may be done non-invasively...
- The most
common use of
extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT) is for
lithotripsy to
treat kidney stones (urinary calculosis) and
biliary calculi (stones...
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Laser lithotripsy is a
surgical procedure to
remove stones from
urinary tract, i.e., kidney, ureter, bladder, or urethra.
Laser lithotripsy was invented...
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tamsulosin or may
require procedures such as
extracorporeal shock wave
lithotripsy, ureteroscopy, or
percutaneous nephrolithotomy.
Renal calculi have affected...
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Electrohydraulic Lithotripsy (EHL) is a
medical procedure which uses
targeted shockwaves to
break up
kidney stones and gallstones. This form of extracorporeal...
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surgery is not possible,
medication can be used to
dissolve the
stones or
lithotripsy can be used to
break them down. In
developed countries, 10–15% of adults...
- as radiosurgery.[medical
citation needed]
Extracorporeal shock wave
lithotripsy is a non-invasive
treatment of
stones in the kidney,
gallbladder or liver...
- of a
surgical incision (therefore invasive).
Lithotomy differs from
lithotripsy,
where the
stones are
crushed either by a
minimally invasive probe inserted...
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advised to
drink more
water to
facilitate p****ing; in
other instances,
lithotripsy or
endoscopic surgery may be needed.
Preventive treatment can be instituted...
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ultrasound was
introduced into
clinical practice in the 1950s, with
lithotripsy introduced in the 1980s.
Other uses of
ultrasound for
therapeutic benefit...
