Size Kidney Stone Requires Lithotripsy. According to doctors the kidney stones that are larger than 6mm in size can obstruct the ureter or bladder. Shock waves are transmitted from outside the body to break up kidney stones.
Lithotripsy is a surgery to break up a kidney stone into smaller pieces to help pass. The remaining kidney stone fragments pass through the urinary tract. Lithotripsy for kidney stones is usually considered for larger stones as smaller stones will usually pass on their own without any type of medical intervention.
The remaining particles of small stone will exit the body when a.
Depending on the size of the stone you may need only one treatment. Smaller the size of a stone the faster it can pass through the urinary tract. Lithotripsy uses shock waves to break the kidney stones into smaller pieces to allow the pieces to pass through the urinary tract. Lithotripsy is advantageous as a method of kidney stone removal because it does not require surgery and has a 70 to 90 percent success rate in good candidates.