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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.
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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 is Kidney Nephralithotems?
Do you mean nephrolithotomy? Well nephrolithotomy is a surgical procedure that removes kidney stones.
Are grapefruit pills good for kidney stones?
Kidney Stones can not be helped, they can be treated by either breaking them down and doing number 2 the small stones or surgical operations.
What do you call excision of a kidney?
Nephroureterectomy is surgical removal of the kidney and its ureter.
What is an nephrothotomy?
An incision into the the renal pelvis and kidney in order to remove stones. Nephr/o/pyel/o/lith/o/tomy nephr/o- kidney pyel/o-renal pelvis lith/o- stones -tomy- surgical incision
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 treatment for kidney stones?
The most common treatment for kidney stones is Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy. The doctor sends shock waves through the body to break up the kidney stones. These smaller pieces are easy to pass through the urinary tract. This procedure is non surgical so you would not have a long recovery period.
What surgical procedure is a suspension of a floating kidney?
the surgical fixation of a floating kidney
What does transvesical ureterolithotomy through the bladder remove?
Transvesical ureterolithotomy through the bladder is a surgical procedure used to remove kidney stones that have traveled into the ureter. This involves making an incision in the bladder to access the ureter and remove the stones, helping to alleviate symptoms and prevent complications associated with kidney stones.
What does the suffix tripsy mean?
surgical crushing
Which suffix means surgical crushing?
-tripsy
What is the process of crushing stones?
Lithotripsy
