Dr Firas Zahwa, European and French board-certified Urologist and head of Urology division at Aman hospital, states “The Aman Hospital Kidney Stone Center brings together a multidisciplinary team of experts in urology, nephrology, and nutrition to provide a single point of care for patients suffering from acute and recurrent kidney stones."
"We treat kidney stones using the latest minimally invasive surgical and non-surgical procedures, such as extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy, ureteroscopy and percutaneous nephrolithotomy. Our team uses the state-of-the-art tools such as laser and specialised ultrasonic equipment," he adds, "At the center, we don’t just treat kidney stones, we want to prevent their recurrence. Our doctors focus on the overall kidney health of our patients, and our dieticians work hand-in-hand with patients to make their first kidney stone their last."
LITHOTRIPSY:
Extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy treats kidney stones by sending focused ultrasonic energy or shockwaves directly to the stone, the shockwaves break a large stone in smaller pieces that will pass through the urinary system.
Aman Hospital is equipped with a new generation lithotripsy machine, using piezoelectrically generated shockwaves, allowing to perform stone treatment with the following advantages:
1. Effective and safe stone fragmentation
2. Painless treatment (without the need for anesthesia).
3. Treatment within 30 minutes
4. on an outpatient basis.
* Dr. Zahwa is a European and French board-certified Urologist with special interest in minimally invasive surgery. His expertise focuses on endoscopic treatment for urinary stones and benign prostatic enlargement. He is also an expert in robotic and laparoscopic procedures used to treat Genito-Urinary tumours.