At DVH we are pleased to announce the upgrade of our Lithotripsy service with the replacement of our old equipment with a new state of the art Wolfe Lithotripter provided by Impact Medical. The service was set up in 2016 in the Trust Poplar Unit by Professor Sriprasad where the Urology team took at great step forward in enabling patients to be treated in an outpatient setting for stones. Since the introduction of the service, technology has moved forwards and the new machine now works quicker and more effectively than it’s predecessor. With this new technology, the team will be able to offer this treatment to more patients and will take a shorter amount of time. The benefit is that more patients will avoid having to have surgery in theatres and recover quicker from stones.
The Urology leads for this service, Miss Ray, Mr Anjum and Professor Sriprasad would like to thank Rebecca King, Tom D’Angelo and the rest of the divisional team into setting up the new equipment. They would also like to thank the Trust Board for the investment in the service and to the patients who will benefit from this.