WASHINGTON, Sept 28:
Getting rid of kidney stones may now be as fun as going on a roller coaster, according to scientists who found that the adventurous ride helps patients pass stones with nearly 70 per cent success rate.
“I had patients telling me that after riding a particular roller coaster at Walt Disney World, they were able to pass their kidney stone,” said David Wartinger, urologist at Michigan State University in the US.
“I even had one patient say he passed three different stones after riding multiple times,” Wartinger said.
He then conducted studies to assess whether the stories he was hearing from patients were true.
Using a validated, synthetic 3D model of a hollow kidney complete with three kidney stones no larger than 4 millimetres inserted into the replica, he took the model in a backpack on a roller coaster named ‘Big Thunder Mountain’ 20 times. His initial results verified patient reports. (PTI)
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