Common side effects and dangers of extracorporeal lithotripsy are mainly ureteral stenosis due to localized ureteral damage and bleeding.
Extracorporeal lithotripsy is a procedure that uses ultrasound or X-rays to locate the stone, and then focuses energy on the stone to pulverize it and expel it from the body. As the ureter is wrapped around the stone during the process of spreading the energy to the stone and crushing it, the energy of lithotripsy may cause damage to the ureter, which may result in ureteral edema, bleeding, or even ureteral stenosis in severe cases.
Extracorporeal lithotripsy should be based on the size, hardness and location of the stone to decide whether to carry out, even if the size of the larger stones for lithotripsy, crushed stones are often prone to form a stone step, can not be discharged from the body, if necessary, need to be carried out ureteroscopy and other lithotripsy treatment.