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Ultrasound technology uses sound waves bouncing off tissues to look inside the body. Ultrasounds are used for imaging. Shockwave therapy uses sound to obliterate small objects; it is used to treat kidney stones.

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What is procedure that uses high frequency sound waves to crush calculi?

Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy (ESWL) is a non-invasive procedure that uses high frequency sound waves directed at the kidney stone to break it into smaller fragments, making it easier to pass through the urinary system. This procedure is often used to treat kidney stones that are too large to pass on their own.


What is Extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy?

Extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy is a non-invasive procedure used to break up kidney stones into smaller fragments that can be passed more easily through the urinary tract. This is typically done using shock waves generated outside the body that are focused on the stones. It is a common treatment for kidney stones that are too large to pass on their own.


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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).


What is procedure that uses high frequency sound waves to crush calculi?

Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy (ESWL) is a non-invasive procedure that uses high frequency sound waves directed at the kidney stone to break it into smaller fragments, making it easier to pass through the urinary system. This procedure is often used to treat kidney stones that are too large to pass on their own.


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What is a lithotripsy?

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What is the medical term meaning surgical crushing of gallstones?

It depends on how you crush it. If using ultrasound from outside the body, the procedure is called ESWL - extracorporeal sound wave lithotripsy . The machine used to perform this procedure is called a Lithotriptor. +++ It doesn't "crush" the calculus, but cause it to disintegrate by cavitation induced by extremely high frequency sound-waves - basically they shake it to bits.


What is the difference between a sound and a sound wave?

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Using Sound Waves to Break the Stones?

The extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) utilizes sound waves to make shock waves or vibrations that break the stones into little pieces which can be passed in your pee. This technique in the best kidney stone clinic goes on around 45 - an hour causing moderate torment, blood in the pee, around the kidney and other contiguous joints.


What is the surgical crushing of kidney stones?

This is a rather large name: extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy. The extracorporeal means from outside the body (no surgery) plus is it done using sound (shock ) waves and the last part (litho-) means stone while the ending means to crush or to break up.


What is Extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy?

Extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy is a non-invasive procedure used to break up kidney stones into smaller fragments that can be passed more easily through the urinary tract. This is typically done using shock waves generated outside the body that are focused on the stones. It is a common treatment for kidney stones that are too large to pass on their own.


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