The Parkview Kidney Stone Center, located inside Premier Surgery Center in the Parkview Outpatient Center, offers lithotripsy to patients seeking relief from kidney stones.
Lithotripsy is a noninvasive method of breaking up kidney stones using a device that produces shock waves. The shock waves are generated outside the body by a lithotripter, and they pass through the skin and body tissues until they hit the stones, which are much denser. The impact of the shock waves pulverizes the stones. The small particles pass through the urinary tract and are eliminated from the body in the urine.
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