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What should a patient expect during a lithotripsy treatment?
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Several things: You will usually be put to sleep and the treatment will happen. After treatment you will have some pain on the treated side.
Answered 12/5/2017
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ESWL: Eswl treatment is performed under sedation on an outpatient basis. There will be some mild post-procedure discomfort and some blood in the urine. Passage of fragments may cause pain requiring narcotic analgesia.
Answered 2/15/2014
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