HealthTronics Surgical Services, Inc. to Release Earnings for Third Quarter on November 10, 2003


MARIETTA, Ga., Oct. 31, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- HealthTronics Surgical Services (Nasdaq:HTRN), a leading provider of minimally invasive urologic and orthopaedic services, will release financial results for the third quarter of 2003 on November 10th before the market opens. A conference call for the investment community will be held the same day at 10:30 a.m. (EST).

Individuals who wish to participate in the conference call may dial in at 1-877-323-2093 using the conference code "Earnings Release Q3 2003" or may listen to a live broadcast by accessing the Company's website at www.healthtronics.com. Go to the Investor Relations page and follow the link for the broadcast. An online archive of the conference call will be available on the website for approximately thirty days.

About HealthTronics Surgical Services

HealthTronics Surgical Services, Inc. is one of the nation's leading providers of non-invasive and minimally invasive surgical services for certain urologic and orthopaedic conditions. The Company provides technical and administrative services to physicians, hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers using extracorporeal shock wave devices. The two primary services offered by the Company are lithotripsy extracorporeal shock wave treatment, which is a procedure for treating kidney stones in a non-invasive manner, and Orthotripsy(r) extracorporeal shock wave treatment, which is a procedure for treating orthopaedic soft tissue disorders in a non-invasive manner. The Company has operations in approximately 45 states in the U.S. More information about HealthTronics Surgical Services can be found at the Company's website, www.healthtronics.com.

This press release may contain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties or other factors which may cause actual results, performance or achievements of HealthTronics Surgical Services to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements express or implied by such forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such a difference, include, but are not limited to those discussed in the Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002, and in subsequent documents filed by HealthTronics Surgical Services with the Securities and Exchange Commission.





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 Martin J. McGahan


            

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