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Old 08-17-2012, 04:30 PM
trinacmt trinacmt is offline
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From what I can gather from the internet and my understanding of the procedures....

ESWL and laser lithotripsy are two very different things and:

ESWL - 50590

Laser - 52353

Is this correct?

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Old 08-19-2012, 02:10 PM
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Same type of procedure, different approaches:

ESWL/50590 is performed "outside" of the body using shock waves, while the Lithotripsy/52353 is performed "inside" the body through a cysto/ureteroscope.
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