Cypress Fairbanks Medical Center Hospital offers lithotripsy, a procedure that uses shock waves to break up stones that form in the kidneys or ureters. Lithotripsy generates low energy wave impulses, which are focused on the stone, causing it to break into tiny particles. These small fragments can then be passed naturally from the urinary system.

Board certified urologists on the medical staff at Cypress Fairbanks Medical Center Hospital perform this procedure.

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