Don't wait for kidney stone relief.

Overview
Your Treatment
Your Recovery
How to Contact the Center
About Our Other Centers

Overview

Most kidney stones cause pain so severe, it is unforgettable. If a kidney stone won't pass naturally, Extra Corporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy (lithotripsy for short) offers a non-invasive way of treatment. Lithotripsy works for approximately 80% of kidney stone sufferers, allowing them to return to work and their normal lifestyles within a few days.

The Quad City Regional Kidney Stone Center brings the first and only permanently-based lithotripter to the Quad City region. Located in the Spring Park Surgery Center, this lithotripter is considered the "gold standard" of all lithotripsy machines.

Patients and their families also will appreciate receiving their treatment in the warm and comfortable atmosphere of the Spring Park Surgery Center.

Patients suffering with painful kidney stones now have access to lithotripsy treatment daily, which means less times in pain, less time off work and lower cost than major kidney stone surgery.

Your Treatment

If your kidney stone won't pass naturally and can't be dissolved with medication, you may benefit from lithotripsy. This technique uses shock waves to safely and effectively pulverize kidney stones into sand-like particles, allowing them to pass naturally out of your urinary tract.

If anesthesia is necessary for your treatment, you may be asked not to eat or drink anything after midnight before the lithotripsy treatment.

The lithotripsy procedure takes about an hour. Your urologist will locate your kidney stone using computerized x-ray equipment, then focus the shock waves precisely on the stone. The shock waves pass through the body's tissues and shatter only the stone.

Your Recovery

Nurses will monitor you during a brief recovery time of one to three hours. You may receive pain medication at that time. It may take several days for the stone particles to pass out of the urinary tract, and you also may have blood in your urine for a few days. Your urologist will give you specific follow-up instructions before you go home. Please contact your urologist or the Spring Park Surgery Center at our same phone number if you have questions or concerns about your treatment.

How to Contact the Center

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About Our Other Centers

To learn more about the specific services at our affiliated centers, click on these links:

• Urological Associates, P.C. - The Clinics, a full range of urology services, professional and convenient
• Spring Park Surgery Center - out-patient surgery in a warm and accommodating atmosphere