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Lithotripsy Procedure

Health Encyclopedia: Kidney Stones Diagnosis

Treatment

When tests have shown there is a kidney stone, the next step is to determine treatment. The patient should be admitted to the emergency room if they have severe vomiting, fever, or symptoms of infection.

Treatment for Severe Attacks

Strong opioid painkillers such as meperidine (Demerol) are often required for a severe kidney stone attack, although doctors will usually not give such drugs until the presence of a kidney stone has been confirmed on an x-ray. In some cases, powerful nonsteroi...

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By Suzanne Mintz , Health Expert

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...Recently I went to the doctor for kidney stones. I needed to wait a few weeks before I could have a lithotripsy procedure to get rid of the stones. The doctor prescribed Celebrex for pain while I... Read more »

Lithotripsy

Lithotripsy is a medical procedure that uses shock waves to break up stones that form in the kidney, bladder, ureters, or gallbladder. Alternative Names Extracorporeal shock... Read more »

Lithotripsy

Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy; Shock wave lithotripsy; Laser lithotripsy; Percutaneous lithotripsy; Endoscopic lithotripsy; ESWL Expectations after surgery ... Read more »

Gallstones and Gallbladder Disease: Lithotripsy and Dissolution Therapies

Lithotripsy and Dissolution TherapiesOral agents used to dissolve gallstones, and lithotripsy alone or in combination with other drugs had gained some popularity in the 1990s. But these oral agents... Read more »

Lithotripsy

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