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What Causes Flank Pain After Having Lipotripsy?

I had lipotripsy done 3 weeks ago and I still have flank pain. I had a ct scan done and it says my kidney stones are gone. I know I haven't passed any so I'm not sure where they could have gone. Can you tell me why I would still be having flank pain? Thanks
Tue, 26 Jul 2016
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Hi
Stone in kidney or stone fragments in kidney only very rarely causes pain. It will cause pain if it drops into the tube draining urine from kidney(called ureters).
If CT scan is normal it it unlikely that there are any stones in the ureters without what is called hydronephrosis on CT scan.
Some of the stones are very soft that they may be oulverised as powder by lithotripsy and all that the patient notices is cloudy urine.
The flank pain could be due to bruising caused by the lithotripsy on the kidney and might take few weeks to resolve.
Keep drinking adequate fluids and pain killers till then.

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What Causes Flank Pain After Having Lipotripsy?

Hi Stone in kidney or stone fragments in kidney only very rarely causes pain. It will cause pain if it drops into the tube draining urine from kidney(called ureters). If CT scan is normal it it unlikely that there are any stones in the ureters without what is called hydronephrosis on CT scan. Some of the stones are very soft that they may be oulverised as powder by lithotripsy and all that the patient notices is cloudy urine. The flank pain could be due to bruising caused by the lithotripsy on the kidney and might take few weeks to resolve. Keep drinking adequate fluids and pain killers till then.