Ohio’s Only Lithotripsy for Pancreatic Stones

Hospitals routinely offer lithotripsy (shock wave treatment) to break up stones in the kidney, urethra or gallbladder. But very few American specialists know how to apply this technique to stones in the pancreas. Mansour Parsi, MD, of the Digestive Disease Institute, is the only gastroenterologist in Ohio currently using lithotripsy to break up pancreatic stones. For stones of a certain size, lithotripsy is the only non-invasive alternative to major surgery.