Electrohydraulic Lithotripsy Side Effects and Warnings

Possible Complications

Complications are rare, but no procedure is completely free of risk. If you are planning to have this procedure, your doctor will review a list of possible complications, which may include:

• Damage or irritation to tissue or surrounding structures

• Blood in the urine

• Infection

• Pain as the stone fragments pass

• Failure of stone fragments to pass, requiring additional surgery

• Need for more treatments

• Reaction to anesthesia

Some factors that may increase the risk of complications include:

• Bleeding disorders or taking medicines that reduce blood clotting

• Smoking

Call Your Doctor

After arriving home, contact your doctor if any of the following occurs:

• Inability to urinate

• A lot of blood in your urine

• Signs of infection, including fever and chills

• Nausea and/or vomiting that you cannot control with the medicines you were given

• Pain that you cannot control with the medicines you were given

• Cough, shortness of breath, or chest pain

In case of an emergency, CALL 911.