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4 days after lithotripsy for 1 8 mm stone (still have another) and haven't passed any fragments. possible or could the stone been blasted so finely?
3 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
May be...: Dod you mean eswl or lithotripsy through urethra ot bladder up to ureter/kidney? The post-rx sand/fragment passage may behave somewhat different. The size of sand/fragment after eswl highly varies depending on stone hardness; the ones after transurethral tends to be coarser. But, not seeing sands / fragments 4 days after either may be not unusual; so, don't worry, but take a kub as post-rx f/u...
Answered 11/28/2017
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Maybe passed: Check urine for micro rbcs ultrasound looking for hydro ;/or residual calcification. If both are negative, probably passed fine fragments.
Answered 5/6/2014
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