Extracorporeal lithotripsy is a noninvasive procedure for treating stones in the kidney and ureter with an energy-generating device. High-energy shock waves are passed through the body and used to break stones into pieces as small as grains of sand. The fragments are then eliminated from the body during urination.
This method comes with “3 NOs”: No pain – No surgery – No hospital stay. Patients will be taken care of by Dr. Huyen Huy Pham who has more than 30 years of experience in the field of Urology. He is the vice president of the Northern Association of Nephrology and Urology). The complete treatment takes 30 minutes and can be done on an outpatient basis.
