ESWL or more popularly known as SHOCKWAVE Lithotripsy is one of the interventions for small kidney, ureteral and urinary bladder stones. Shock wave lithotripsy is a technique for treating stones in the kidney and ureter that does not require surgery. Instead, high energy shock waves are passed and targeted through the body and used to break and fragment stones into pieces as small as grains of sand. Because of their small size, these pieces can pass from the body along with the urine. The proced

Case today: Shockwave lithotripsy for right kidney stone noted upon pre-employment workup for seafarers. Treatment success varies from 60-90% for urinary and kidney stones. This is the non-invasive and the safest option for active management of urinary / kidney / Ureteral stones. Expecting good stone clearance after today's session. 💯 ***Shock wave lithotripsy (SWL) is a non-surgical way to treat small stones in the kidney, ureter, and bladder. It uses high energy shock waves to break the stone