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Stone Methods Kidney Treatment Eswl Lithotripter Generate Shockwaves

Kidney stone treatments include ESWL (using shockwaves), PCNL (preferred for larger stones via scope insertion), and surgery (only for large bladder stones).

Los tratamientos para cálculos renales incluyen ESWL (litotricia), PCNL (preferido para piedras grandes) y cirugía (solo para piedras grandes en la vejiga).

Front Methods of Kidney stone treatment
Back ESWL
lithotripter is used to generate shockwaves from outside the body

PCNL
(preferred for larger stones)
a tube is inserted from the back, scope & ultrasound equipment is entered, stone fragments are grasped and removed.

Surgery:
only for large bladder stones

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