Southside Community Hospital offers an alternative to surgery for the treatment of kidney stones - lithotripsy. The technique uses shock waves to disintegrate kidney stones, allowing fragments to pass out of the body with the urine. This noninvasive procedure uses little or no anesthesia and is performed on a flat, dry table top.
Patients are often able to return to work the same day that the procedure is performed.
My urologist said I could opt for Lithotripsy instead of surgery.