ESWL (Shock Wave Lithotripsy): Complete Guide to Procedure & Recovery
Focused shock waves are passed through the body to break a kidney stone into fragments small enough to pass in the urine. No incision is needed.
- Also called
- lithotripsy
- Duration
- About 45–60 minutes
- Anaesthesia
- Pain relief or light sedation
- Hospital stay
- No stay — outpatient
Urology surgeons for ESWL (Shock Wave Lithotripsy)
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Dr. A V Ravi Kumar
Urologist
MBBS, MS - General Surgery, DNB - Urology/Genito - Urinary Surgery
38+ Years Experience
Dr. A Vinay Kumar
Urologist
MBBS, MCh - Urology/Genito-Urinary Surgery, MS - General Surgery
20+ Years Experience
ESWL (Shock Wave Lithotripsy) in India
ESWL (Shock Wave Lithotripsy) is a urology procedure used to treat Kidney Stones. It usually takes about 45–60 minutes, and it is usually done without a hospital stay.
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It is usually considered for kidney or upper ureter stones up to about 1–2 cm and stones not too hard or dense. Only a doctor can confirm whether it is right for you after examination. Go Surgery lists 4,248 urology surgeons at 11,706 hospitals across 322 cities, including Delhi NCR, Bangalore and Hyderabad. Coverage for ESWL (Shock Wave Lithotripsy) depends on your policy and insurer. Please check with your insurer before admission. Compare surgeons and request an appointment to discuss whether ESWL (Shock Wave Lithotripsy) is right for you.
ESWL (Shock Wave Lithotripsy) Surgeons by City
| City | Doctors Listed in This Speciality | Hospitals |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi NCR | 447 | 788 |
| Bangalore | 253 | 551 |
| Hyderabad | 239 | 651 |
| Mumbai | 235 | 549 |
| Pune | 160 | 359 |
| Kolkata | 147 | 658 |
| Ahmedabad | 126 | 785 |
| Jaipur | 120 | 176 |
| Chennai | 96 | 653 |
| Guwahati | 87 | 20 |
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| City | Doctors Listed in This Speciality | Hospitals |
|---|---|---|
| Greater_Noida | 73 | 19 |
| Navi Mumbai | 69 | 142 |
| Thane | 67 | 263 |
| Nagpur | 59 | 128 |
| Pimpri-Chinchwad | 53 | 5 |
| Agra | 50 | 315 |
| Chandigarh | 49 | 37 |
| Indore | 47 | 73 |
| Visakhapatnam | 46 | 79 |
| Mysore | 41 | 29 |
| Bhopal | 35 | 88 |
| Amritsar | 34 | 274 |
| Gorakhpur | 33 | 7 |
| Raipur | 33 | 38 |
| Kanpur | 31 | 34 |
| Bhubaneshwar | 30 | 0 |
| Coimbatore | 30 | 84 |
| Bhiwandi | 29 | 0 |
| Gwalior | 29 | 21 |
| Kukatpalli | 29 | 0 |
| Vadodara | 29 | 80 |
| Meerut | 27 | 27 |
| Dwarka | 26 | 0 |
| Jammu | 26 | 3 |
| Nashik | 26 | 85 |
| Borivli | 25 | 0 |
| Patna | 25 | 116 |
| Rajkot | 25 | 45 |
| Ankleshwar | 24 | 100 |
| Ludhiana | 23 | 73 |
| Mangalore | 23 | 13 |
| Ranchi | 23 | 190 |
| Lucknow | 22 | 87 |
| Cuttack | 21 | 11 |
| Dombivli | 21 | 0 |
| Howrah | 19 | 18 |
| Kamarhati | 19 | 0 |
| Surat | 19 | 85 |
| Guntur | 18 | 16 |
| Jodhpur | 18 | 25 |
| Varanasi | 18 | 57 |
| Jalandhar | 17 | 25 |
| Kochi | 16 | 4 |
| Prayagraj | 16 | 272 |
| Udaipur | 15 | 10 |
| Ajmer | 14 | 119 |
| Secunderabad | 14 | 0 |
| Madurai | 13 | 34 |
| Ahmadnagar | 12 | 185 |
| Anantapur | 12 | 184 |
| Bareilly | 12 | 14 |
| Bathinda | 12 | 15 |
| Karol-bagh | 12 | 0 |
| Rohtak | 12 | 12 |
| Srinagar | 12 | 9 |
| Thiruvananthapuram | 12 | 37 |
| Jabalpur | 11 | 11 |
| Moradabad | 11 | 4 |
| Patiala | 11 | 7 |
| Vijayawada | 11 | 72 |
| Agartala | 10 | 55 |
| Alappuzha | 10 | 82 |
| Asansol | 10 | 54 |
| Dehra-dun | 10 | 0 |
| Durgapur | 10 | 7 |
| Alwar | 9 | 141 |
| Anand | 9 | 136 |
| Bhayandar | 9 | 0 |
| Bhilai | 9 | 2 |
| Chittorgarh | 9 | 0 |
| Habra | 9 | 0 |
| Nellore | 9 | 7 |
| Bhatpara | 8 | 0 |
| Bihar Sharif | 8 | 12 |
| Haldwani | 8 | 0 |
| Kota | 8 | 5 |
| Mathura | 8 | 9 |
| Rampur | 8 | 1 |
| Shiliguri | 8 | 0 |
| Vizianagaram | 8 | 4 |
| Bharatpur | 7 | 2 |
| Dhanbad | 7 | 61 |
| Guruvayur | 7 | 0 |
| Jhansi | 7 | 6 |
| Salem | 7 | 22 |
| Thrissur | 7 | 0 |
| Tiruchirappalli | 7 | 9 |
| Amravati | 6 | 263 |
| Bhagalpur | 6 | 37 |
| Bhavnagar | 6 | 4 |
| Cherthala | 6 | 3 |
| Darbhanga | 6 | 18 |
| Dewas | 6 | 2 |
| Hanamkonda | 6 | 1 |
| Junagadh | 6 | 2 |
| Karimnagar | 6 | 23 |
| Kharagpur | 6 | 0 |
| Nainital | 6 | 0 |
| Raniganj | 6 | 2 |
| Raurkela | 6 | 0 |
| Shivaji_Nagar | 6 | 0 |
| Vasco_da_Gama | 6 | 0 |
| Yavatmal | 6 | 3 |
| Akola | 5 | 222 |
| Ambattur | 5 | 109 |
| Belagavi | 5 | 7 |
| Bellary | 5 | 4 |
| Gandhidham | 5 | 0 |
| Jalgaon | 5 | 9 |
| Jalna | 5 | 2 |
| Jamshedpur | 5 | 31 |
| Kakinada | 5 | 5 |
| Kollam | 5 | 8 |
| Kozhikode | 5 | 10 |
| Kurnool | 5 | 8 |
| Morbi | 5 | 0 |
| Panipat | 5 | 4 |
| Purnia | 5 | 2 |
| Shillong | 5 | 1 |
| Srikakulam | 5 | 3 |
| Uttar Dinajpur | 5 | 0 |
| Bhilwara | 4 | 0 |
| Bikaner | 4 | 4 |
| Bokaro | 4 | 2 |
| Dhule | 4 | 0 |
| Erode | 4 | 3 |
| Hisar | 4 | 17 |
| Karur | 4 | 2 |
| Kolhapur | 4 | 15 |
| Kulti | 4 | 2 |
| Mumbai City | 4 | 0 |
| Nadiad | 4 | 1 |
| Nizamabad | 4 | 9 |
| Panaji | 4 | 0 |
| Raisen | 4 | 0 |
| Ratlam | 4 | 2 |
| Rewa | 4 | 3 |
| Vellore | 4 | 6 |
| Aizawl | 3 | 39 |
| Aligarh | 3 | 194 |
| Bardhaman | 3 | 0 |
| Begusarai | 3 | 40 |
| Belgaum | 3 | 5 |
| Churu | 3 | 0 |
| Daman | 3 | 0 |
| Gandhinagar | 3 | 6 |
| Hanumangarh | 3 | 0 |
| Hubli | 3 | 7 |
| Imphal | 3 | 0 |
| Kalyan | 3 | 0 |
| Kasaragod | 3 | 1 |
| Khammam | 3 | 15 |
| Korba | 3 | 0 |
| Margao | 3 | 0 |
| Nagercoil | 3 | 2 |
| Navsari | 3 | 0 |
| Panna | 3 | 0 |
| Puducherry | 3 | 6 |
| Sangli | 3 | 1 |
| Surendranagar | 3 | 0 |
| Tirupati | 3 | 4 |
| Vasant Kunj | 3 | 0 |
| Agra Cantt | 2 | 0 |
| Balaghat | 2 | 0 |
| Ballari | 2 | 1 |
| Banaskantha | 2 | 0 |
| Baranagar | 2 | 0 |
| Berhampore | 2 | 0 |
| Bhuj | 2 | 0 |
| Bundi | 2 | 0 |
| Darjeeling | 2 | 0 |
| Durg | 2 | 0 |
| Firozabad | 2 | 0 |
| Gadag | 2 | 0 |
| Gondia | 2 | 2 |
| Gudivada | 2 | 0 |
| Hapur | 2 | 2 |
| Hassan | 2 | 1 |
| Hazaribag | 2 | 0 |
| Jagadhri | 2 | 0 |
| Jamnagar | 2 | 6 |
| Kanchipuram | 2 | 4 |
| Karnal | 2 | 8 |
| Khordha | 2 | 0 |
| Kumbakonam | 2 | 2 |
| Malappuram | 2 | 9 |
| Mapusa | 2 | 1 |
| Medchal-Malkajgiri | 2 | 0 |
| Mumbai Suburban | 2 | 0 |
| Nanded | 2 | 6 |
| Nayagarh | 2 | 0 |
| Neyyattinkara | 2 | 0 |
| Paschim Bardhaman | 2 | 0 |
| Ponda | 2 | 0 |
| Rajamahendravaram | 2 | 2 |
| Roorkee | 2 | 0 |
| Sagar | 2 | 2 |
| Saharanpur | 2 | 0 |
| Samastipur | 2 | 0 |
| Shimla | 2 | 1 |
| Sikar | 2 | 5 |
| Sitamarhi | 2 | 0 |
| Siwan | 2 | 1 |
| Solapur | 2 | 19 |
| Sonipat | 2 | 0 |
| Thiruvalla | 2 | 2 |
| Tirunelveli | 2 | 3 |
| Tiruvannamalai | 2 | 0 |
| Yamuna Nagar | 2 | 0 |
| Addanki | 1 | 0 |
| Aluva | 1 | 0 |
| Angul | 1 | 0 |
| Annamayya | 1 | 0 |
| Baharampur | 1 | 0 |
| Banka | 1 | 0 |
| Barddhaman | 1 | 0 |
| Beed | 1 | 0 |
| Berhamapur | 1 | 0 |
| Betul | 1 | 0 |
| Bhadradri Kothagudem | 1 | 0 |
| Bhandara | 1 | 1 |
| Bharuch | 1 | 16 |
| Bhosari | 1 | 0 |
| Bilimora | 1 | 0 |
| Birbhum | 1 | 0 |
| Bishnah | 1 | 0 |
| Brahmapur | 1 | 0 |
| Bulandshahr | 1 | 0 |
| Buldhana | 1 | 0 |
| Changanacherry | 1 | 0 |
| Chengannur | 1 | 2 |
| Chikkaballapur | 1 | 0 |
| Chikkamagaluru | 1 | 0 |
| Davangere | 1 | 0 |
| Dehradun | 1 | 0 |
| Deoghar | 1 | 30 |
| Dhenkanal | 1 | 0 |
| Dholpur | 1 | 0 |
| Dhulia | 1 | 0 |
| Dindigul | 1 | 1 |
| East Delhi | 1 | 0 |
| East Singhbhum | 1 | 0 |
| Elamakkara | 1 | 0 |
| Eluru | 1 | 0 |
| Farrukhabad | 1 | 2 |
| Gangtok | 1 | 0 |
| Gaya | 1 | 8 |
| Gopalganj | 1 | 0 |
| Gudur | 1 | 0 |
| Gulbarga | 1 | 6 |
| Haridwar | 1 | 6 |
| Hazaribagh | 1 | 7 |
| Hinjavadi | 1 | 0 |
| Ichhapur | 1 | 0 |
| Idukki | 1 | 0 |
| Jammalamadugu | 1 | 0 |
| Jamtara | 1 | 0 |
| Jhunjhunu | 1 | 0 |
| Kadapa | 1 | 0 |
| Kanniyakumari | 1 | 0 |
| Karaikudi | 1 | 0 |
| Katihar | 1 | 1 |
| Kendrapara | 1 | 0 |
| Kishanganj | 1 | 1 |
| Koderma | 1 | 1 |
| Kottayam | 1 | 8 |
| Krishnagiri | 1 | 0 |
| Kullu | 1 | 2 |
| Kurukshetra | 1 | 0 |
| Latehar | 1 | 0 |
| Latur | 1 | 5 |
| Machilipatnam | 1 | 0 |
| Mahendragarh | 1 | 0 |
| Mandsaur | 1 | 0 |
| Mira Bhayandar | 1 | 0 |
| Mount_Abu | 1 | 0 |
| Munger | 1 | 1 |
| Muzaffarnagar | 1 | 2 |
| Naihati | 1 | 0 |
| Nandurbar | 1 | 0 |
| Nandyal | 1 | 0 |
| Osmanabad | 1 | 0 |
| Ottappalam | 1 | 0 |
| Palakkad | 1 | 7 |
| Palanpur | 1 | 1 |
| Pali | 1 | 2 |
| Palnadu | 1 | 0 |
| Panchkula | 1 | 1 |
| Panihati | 1 | 0 |
| Pathanamthitta | 1 | 3 |
| Perumbaikad | 1 | 0 |
| Pimple Saudagar | 1 | 0 |
| Proddatur | 1 | 0 |
| Purba Medinipur | 1 | 0 |
| Raichur | 1 | 2 |
| Ramgarh | 1 | 0 |
| Saran | 1 | 0 |
| Satara | 1 | 3 |
| Shahjanpur | 1 | 0 |
| Shirdi | 1 | 0 |
| Shyamnagar | 1 | 0 |
| Sri Ganganagar | 1 | 0 |
| Sultanpur | 1 | 0 |
| Tawang | 1 | 0 |
| Tinsukia | 1 | 0 |
| Udupi | 1 | 4 |
| Ulhasnagar | 1 | 0 |
| Uttara Kannada | 1 | 0 |
| Vidisha | 1 | 0 |
| Wardha | 1 | 2 |
| Washim | 1 | 0 |
| West Godavari | 1 | 0 |
When it's recommended
- Kidney or upper ureter stones up to about 1–2 cm
- Stones not too hard or dense
What happens during the procedure
- Pain relief or light sedation
- The stone is located by X-ray or ultrasound
- Shock waves are delivered to the stone
- Fragments pass over following days/weeks
Recovery
Normal activity in 1–2 days; blood in urine and passing fragments is common.
Typical hospital stay: No stay — outpatient
Risks & complications
- Pain as fragments pass
- Incomplete clearance needing repeat sessions
- Bruising
ESWL (Shock Wave Lithotripsy) cost in India
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Urology hospitals
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Sir Ganga Ram Hospital
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Hospitals Offering ESWL (Shock Wave Lithotripsy) in India
1,284 hospitals are listed for this speciality. The 8 hospitals with the most listed surgeons are shown.
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ESWL (Shock Wave Lithotripsy) near you
FAQs
How long does ESWL (Shock Wave Lithotripsy) take?
About 45–60 minutes. The exact time depends on your case.
Will I need to stay in hospital?
Typical hospital stay: No stay — outpatient.
What anaesthesia is used?
Pain relief or light sedation. Your anaesthetist will confirm the plan for you.
How long is recovery after ESWL (Shock Wave Lithotripsy)?
Normal activity in 1–2 days; blood in urine and passing fragments is common.
Is ESWL (Shock Wave Lithotripsy) covered by insurance?
It is usually covered by health insurance when medically necessary, subject to your policy's terms, waiting periods and sub-limits. Our insurance desk can check your specific policy.
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|---|---|---|---|
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| Laparoscopic Hernia Repair | About 45–90 minutes | General anaesthesia | Same day or 1 day |
| Cataract Surgery (Phacoemulsification) | About 15–30 minutes | Topical (drops) or local anaesthesia | No stay — day care |
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| Gynecomastia Surgery | About 1–2 hours | General or local anaesthesia with sedation | Same day |
Other treatments in this speciality
Ureteroscopy (URS)
A thin telescope is passed through the urinary passage into the ureter to break the stone with a laser and remove fragments. There are no external cuts.
RIRS (Retrograde Intrarenal Surgery)
A flexible telescope is passed up into the kidney through the natural urinary passage and a laser breaks up kidney stones. No cuts are made.
PCNL
A small tunnel is made through the back directly into the kidney to break and remove large stones. It is the most effective option for large or complex stones.
TURP
The inner part of an enlarged prostate is trimmed away through the urinary passage using a telescope, widening the channel for urine. There are no external cuts.
HoLEP (Laser Prostate Surgery)
A holmium laser separates the obstructing prostate tissue from its capsule, which is then removed. It suits prostates of almost any size and usually involves less bleeding.
Circumcision
The foreskin is removed surgically — by conventional technique, stapler device or laser — to treat phimosis and recurrent foreskin infections.
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