Question

William has been experiencing pain in his side and scant, pink-colored urine. His urologist suspects a problem in William’s kidneys. He orders imaging tests and urinalysis to confirm his diagnosis of kidney stones. The doctor schedules an appointment for a treatment procedure called

to send sound waves into the kidney to crush the stones.

Answer 1

The correct answer is - lithotripsy.

Explanation:

Lithotripsy is one procedure that is used to treat kidney stones. It is a procedure that is that includes the sound waves as a shock to break the stones into pieces that can easily pass through the urination.

This process might be performed in the kidney, urinary bladder, ureter stones with the help of sound waves.

Thus, the correct answer is - lithotripsy.