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Extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy: See: Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy.
Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) uses sound waves (also called shock waves) to break a kidney stone into small pieces that can more easily travel ...
Prior to the introduction of extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy (ESWL) in 1980, the only treatment available for calculi that could not pass through the ...
This eMedTV article describes extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy in detail. Also called ESWL, this is the procedure most often used for the treatment of kidney stones ...
Lithotripsy - Extracorporeal Shockwave . INTRODUCTION Following its introduction in 1980, extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy (ESWL) dramatically changed the ...
This is a method of using externally generated sound waves to cause kidney stones to break up and then be passed in sand grain sized particles through the normal passages.