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|Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
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|We consent to the incorporation by reference the following Registration Statements:
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|1. | Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-31820) pertaining to the HealthTronics, Inc. stock option plan;
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|2. | Registration  Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-43412) pertaining to the HealthTronics  Surgical Services,  Inc.
2000 stock option plan;
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|3. | Registration  Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-68292) pertaining to the HealthTronics  Surgical Services,  Inc.
2001 stock option plan;
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|4. | Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-104403)  pertaining to the HealthTronics Surgical Services,  Inc.
2002 stock option plan;
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|5. | Registration  Statement  (Form S-8 No.  333-120430)  pertaining to the Prime Medical  Services,  Inc. 2003
stock option plan and 1993 stock option plan;
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|6. | Registration  Statement  (Form S-8 No.  333-126301)  pertaining  to the  HealthTronics,  Inc.  2004 equity
incentive plan;
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|7. | Registration  Statement  (Form S-8 No.  333-135100)  pertaining  to the  HealthTronics,  Inc.  2004 equity
incentive plan;
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|8. | Registration Statement (Form S-3 No. 333-106867) of HealthTronics, Inc.; and
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|9. | Registration Statement (Form S-3 No. 333-114221) of HealthTronics, Inc.
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|of  our  reports  dated  March  6,  2008,  with  respect  to  the  consolidated  financial  statements  of
HealthTronics,   Inc.,  and  the   effectiveness   of  internal   control  over  financial   reporting  of
HealthTronics,  Inc.,  included in this Annual  Report  (Form 10-K) of  HealthTronics,  Inc.  for the year
ended December 31, 2007.

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
Austin, Texas
March 6, 2008
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