What is Lithotripsy or Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy (ESWL)? Lithotripsy is a process that uses acoustic or high intensity sound waves (called shock waves) to break stones in the kidney, ...

NEW ORLEANS — Extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy, once the gold standard for removing smaller kidney stones, has fallen out of favor, in part because it might be less effective than ureteroscopy, ...

During a procedure known as laser lithotripsy, urologists use a small, video-guided laser to blast painful, potentially damaging kidney stones to smithereens. It's better for the patient if urologists ...

Typical balloon placement and pretreatment sites relative to pacing/defibrillation leads. Photo Credit: J Am Coll Cardiol EP. Central Illustration (adapted). Pacemaker and defibrillator leads encased ...

The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) announced its 2009 standards, which includes the addition of lithotripsy, behavioral health and medical home adjunct chapters. The new ...

Abbott will be trying its hand in the growing field of intravascular lithotripsy, with a clinical study to examine an unnamed, investigational system that aims to fracture hardened calcium within the ...

After launching its latest intravascular lithotripsy catheter designed to punch through difficult blockages in the vessels of the legs, Johnson & Johnson MedTech’s Shockwave Medical division is now ...