lithotripsy
/ˈlɪθəˌtrɪpsi
/noun [mass noun] Surgery
A treatment, typically using ultrasound shock waves, by which a kidney stone or other calculus is broken into small particles that can be passed out by the body.Mechanical percussion techniques have been used therapeutically after shock wave lithotripsy to dislodge such calculi from the lower pole of the kidney....
- Such procedures include magnetic resonance imaging, which is often used to evaluate internal organs, and extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy, which uses shock waves to break up large kidney stones.
- For proximal ureteric stones, shock wave lithotripsy is useful if the stone is less than 1 cm in size, and ureteroscopy is more successful for stones larger than 1 cm.
Derivatives
lithotripter
- They were delighted when they were able to break up the stone with the electrohydraulic lithotriptor.
- Large or hard stones can be crushed with a mechanical lithotripter.
- Maybe the atropine, lithotriptors and triggers are for something else entirely.
lithotriptic
- The fresh seed pulp is astringent, narcotic, lithotriptic and expectorant.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from litho- 'of stone' + Greek tripsis 'rubbing', from tribein 'to rub'.
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