Shock wave therapy is a minimally invasive way of treating kidney stones in the clinic, in which the larger stones in the kidney are broken by shock waves and excreted out of the body through the ureter. The common side effects are mainly as follows:I. Damage to the kidneys. Due to the large impact force of the shock wave, in the process of breaking up the stone, it will cause impact injury to the kidney parenchyma and medulla, and in severe cases, there will even be renal insufficiency and renal atrophy. Second, secondary ureteral stones and ureteral dilatation. Larger kidney stones, which are discharged into the ureter after being crushed by the shock wave, can cause ureteral calculi if they become embedded, thus causing intense spasmodic pain. Ureteral stones that are tightly embedded can cause ureteral fluid, ureteral dilatation, and eventually renal insufficiency.