{"id":2031,"date":"2024-02-01T15:31:26","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T13:31:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gfragkoulis.gr\/?post_type=condition_faq&#038;p=2031"},"modified":"2024-02-01T15:31:26","modified_gmt":"2024-02-01T13:31:26","slug":"what-does-shockwave-lithotripsy-involve","status":"publish","type":"condition_faq","link":"https:\/\/gfragkoulis.gr\/en\/condition_faq\/what-does-shockwave-lithotripsy-involve\/","title":{"rendered":"What does shockwave lithotripsy involve?"},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","faq-category":[87,59],"service_type":[],"class_list":["post-2031","condition_faq","type-condition_faq","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","faq-category-urolithiasis","faq-category-urology-faq"],"meta_box":{"faq_title_t3lmo":"What does shockwave lithotripsy involve?","faq_description_70nds":"","faq_textarea_60nds":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Shock wave lithotripsy involves using ultrasound (high-frequency sound waves) to pinpoint where a kidney stone is.Ultrasound shock waves are then sent to the stone from a machine to break it into smaller pieces so it can be passed in your urine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">SWL can occasionally be an uncomfortable form of treatment, so it's usually carried out after giving pain killing medication.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It is considered the least invasive form of treatment and it is suitable for smaller kidney stones that look \u201csoft\u201d on imaging.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">More than 1 session of SWL may be necessary to successfully treat kidney stones.<\/span><\/p>\n"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfragkoulis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/condition_faq\/2031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfragkoulis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/condition_faq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfragkoulis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/condition_faq"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfragkoulis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"faq-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfragkoulis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq-category?post=2031"},{"taxonomy":"service_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfragkoulis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/service_type?post=2031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}