Trattament Mediku gdid fl-Isptar San Luqa ghal gebel fil-kliewi

Fid-Dipartiment ta' l-Urologija, fl-Isptar San Luqa, qed isir trattament mediku b'apparat gdid u modern -- il-Lithotripter -- ghal min ibati mill-gebel fil-kliewi.

B'dan l-apparat hafna mill-gebel fil-kliewi jitkisser b'forma ta' shockwaves minn barra l-gisem, ghalhekk tigi evitata s-soltu procedura ta' qsim u punti fuq il-pazjent. Wara li l-gebel fil-kilwa jkun tfarrak bix-shockwaves, dan il-frak jghaddi mis-sistema urinarja tal-gisem.

Minhabba li din hija procedura li ma tirrikjediex intervent kirurgiku, il-pazjenti jkunu jistghu jmorru lura d-dar f'dik il-gurnata stess jew l-ghada, skond il-kaz. Din is-sistema t'operazzjoni b'Lithotripterser tghin biex tnaqqas il-lista ta' pazjenti jistennew ghall-operazzjonijiet.

The Urology Department at St Luke's Hospital is offering a new service to patients suffering from kidney stones -- Extra Corporal Shock Wave Lithotripter for the Non Invasive Treatment of Renal Stones.

Removal of kidney for urinary stones, a common operation in the past, is now a very uncommon procedure.

The Department now also has an external Lithotripter. With this modern technology many kidney stones can be disintegrated by applying shock waves from outside the body (thus avoiding even minimal invasive surgery). The procedure can be done as a day case or overnight stay. Once the stone has been disintegrated the small pieces are expelled through the patient's urinary system.

The Lithotriper will help reduce the waiting list of patients for operations.