2. A medical procedure that uses shock waves to break up
stones in the kidney, bladder, or ureter (tube that
carries urine from your kidneys to your bladder).
5. After the procedure, the tiny pieces of stones pass
out of your body in your urine.
6. The lithotripsy procedure should take about 45 minutes to 1
hour.
After the procedure, you will stay in the recovery room for up
to about 2 hours. Most people are able to go home the day of
their procedure.
7. Blood in the urine
Pain and discomfort due to passage to remaining stone
fragments.
Frequency and urgency of urination
Persistent abdominal pain due to injury to internal
organs
Inability to urinate due to obstruction by a stone
fragment
Repeat Lithotripsy procedure may be needed.