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The noninvasive treatment to break up kidney stones, called _____________ involves shock waves.

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Answer: lithotripsy

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Kidney stones can be define as one of the urogenital disorders. There is no reason for the formation of kidney stones. Typically the adults which are over the age of 40 and males are more susceptible to the develop kidney stones.

The lithotripsy is a non-invasive technique which utilizes the shock waves so as to break the stones present in the kidneys into small pieces so that they can be easily pass through the body by urine.

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