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No surgical treatments, including the extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy, can be carried out without having generating an incision. This doesn't generally require an overnight stay in hospital, despite the fact that recovery may take several days, during which time you'll expertise bruising and minor discomfort and, possibly, blood with your urine. Occasionally a more direct shockwave approach is used, with a device known as a ureterscope. This can be employed when the stone has got lodged half way down the urinary tract. The ureterscope is passed up the urinary tract, where by the stone is usually dealt with in 1 of 3 ways.
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