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Can someone tell me if shockwave therapy for kidney stones is painful?
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Not really painful: Extracorporal lithotripsy is not really painful.They sit you in a water tank and use ultrasound to break the stone and it can be a little uncomfortable but you are given sedation and some are given anesthesia.
Answered 3/3/2014
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