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Lithotripsy is the destruction of a kidney stone through the use of ultrasonic waves?
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extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy (ESWL)
Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) means destruction of a kidney stone or gallstone by ultrasonic waves traveling through water.
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Destruction of a kidney stone by ultrasonic waves traveling through water?
extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy (ESWL)
Ultrasonic lithotripsy is a good way to treat what extremely painful condition?
Kidney Stones
How are kidney stones destroyed?
Ultrasonic Destruction
What is the procedure to remove kidney stones?
Sometimes ultrasound is used to break up kidney stones so that they will pass with the urine. This is not always possible.
What can be used to break up kidney stones and gallstones?
Lithotripsy is a general term meaning stone crushing, and can be applied to the destruction of both kidney stones and gallstones.
What does lithotripsy treat?
Lithotripsy is the use of high-energy shock waves to fragment and disintegrate kidney stones.
Are there alternatives to lithotripsy?
Before the advent of lithotripsy, surgery was used to remove kidney stones. This approach is uncommon today
What is the medical term meaning destruction of kidney stones?
"Litho-" means stone, "-lysis" is degradation, or dissolution, therefore, Im assuming "Litholysis" would be the term you are looking for.] Also to add to the previous definition, the word you could be looking for may be lithrotripsy which means the breaking up of stones. This is a procedure done by doctors to help a patient pass a stone.
Does a 4mm kidney stone require lithotripsy?
In some patients a 4mm kidney stone may not need lithotripsy, however, for some patients this may be too large to pass without assistance.
How do ultrasound waves break up kidney stones?
A machine called a lithotripter is used to crush the kidney stone. The procedure is performed by a urologist on an outpatient basis and anesthesia is used. In shock wave lithotripsy, the person lies on a table or, less commonly, in a tub of water above the lithotripter. The lithotripter generates shock waves that pass through the person’s body to break the kidney stone into smaller pieces to pass more readily through the urinary tract.
What is a Noninvasive procedure for breaking up kidney stones until they are small enough to pass out of the kidneys?
A LITHOTRIPSY uses sound waves to break up kidney stones (renal calculi or nephrocalculi).
How do you kill a kidney stone?
You break apart a kidney stone with ultrasonic waves.
