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  2. Extracorporeal shockwave therapy - Wikipedia

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    Some of the passed fragments of a 1-cm calcium oxalate stone that was smashed using lithotripsy. The most common use of extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT) is for lithotripsy to treat kidney stones [3] (urinary calculosis) and biliary calculi (stones in the gallbladder or in the liver) using an acoustic pulse.

  3. Lithotripsy - Wikipedia

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    Lithotripsy is a procedure involving the physical destruction of hardened masses like kidney stones, [1] bezoars [2] or gallstones, which may be done non-invasively. The term is derived from the Greek words meaning "breaking (or pulverizing) stones" (litho-+ τρίψω [tripso]).

  4. Kidney stone disease - Wikipedia

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    Kidney stone disease, also known as renal calculus disease, nephrolithiasis or urolithiasis, is a crystallopathy where a solid piece of material (renal calculus) develops in the urinary tract. [2] Renal calculi typically form in the kidney and leave the body in the urine stream. [2] A small calculus may pass without causing symptoms. [2]

  5. Mom, 41, has legs amputated after kidney stone turns almost ...

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    In October, Mullins had the procedure done on her left kidney, which contained more stones. Everything went fine. Surgery on the right kidney took place on Dec. 1. This time, doctors told her they ...

  6. Electrohydraulic lithotripsy - Wikipedia

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    The procedure is non-invasive and has a 90% success rate, [2] which makes it a first-line treatment for smaller kidney stones. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] EHL was the first modern extracorporeal lithotripter invented in 1954 by an engineer from Kyiv, but because he was out of favor with Stalin's government , he was banished and the use of his invention was ...

  7. Laser lithotripsy - Wikipedia

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    The stone is fragmented and the remaining pieces are collected in a "basket" and/or washed out of the urinary tract, along with the finer particulate "dust." [citation needed] The procedure is done under either local or general anesthesia and is considered a minimally-invasive procedure. It is widely available in most hospitals in the world.

  8. Kentucky woman loses all of her limbs after kidney stone gets ...

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    After getting treatment for a kidney stone, it got infected and she became septic. She told Scripps News Lexington that after initially rushing to Fort Logan Hospital in Stanford, ...

  9. Non-invasive procedure - Wikipedia

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    There are many non-invasive procedures, ranging from simple observation, to specialised forms of surgery, such as radiosurgery. [medical citation needed] Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy is a non-invasive treatment of stones in the kidney, [1] gallbladder or liver, using an acoustic pulse.

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