There are lots of options for kidney stone surgery, including shock wave lithotripsy, ureteroscopy, and percutaneous nephrolithotomy/nephrolithotripsy. Open surgery is a fourth option that is rarely performed nowadays. The type of surgery you get depends on the size of your kidney stones and your h...
I recently had surgery to remove kidney stones from my left kidney and a stent was inserted to help me pass the stones from my right kidney. I had had to go the the ER (I first called to make sure they would take me as I am currently uninsured) as I was in serious pain on both...
A ureteral stent is a plastic, flexible, hollow tube that helps the kidney drain urine after surgery. The stent is applied if the urologist thinks the urine might not drain well after kidney stone surgery. Your stent is typically removed within the first two weeks after surgery. If the sten...
Guestover a year ago Hi. Surgery is an option when other approaches have failed. ESWL, or extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy, is the most common procedure for removal of kidney stones. Shock waves break the stone into small pieces, able to pass through the urinary tract in the urine. Recove...
advise whether to wait for the stone to pass on its own or take other measures. In the case of larger stones, your doctor can give you treatments to break up the stones, install a stent to make the ureter temporarily wider for easier passage, or surgically remove the stones from your ...
One advantage of percutaneous nephrolithotomy is that the surgeon can remove some of the stone fragments directly instead of relying solely on their natural passage from the kidney. Ureteroscopic Stone Removal (URS) Although some stones in the ureters can be treated with ESWL, ureteroscopy may be ...
Kidney stone surgery has a 50 - 90% success rate, depending on the location of the stone and the surgeon's technique and experience. As a treatment,kidney stone surgeryresults in a very high success rate of complete stone removal. However, it is also important to note that kidney stone su...
Ureteroscopic Stone Removal Although some ureteral stones can be treated with ESWL, ureteroscopy may be needed for mid and lower ureteral stones. No incision is made in this procedure. Instead, the surgeon passes a small fiberoptic instrument called a ureter scope through the urethra and bladder ...
Sophisticated tools trap the stone and crack it up into tiny bits. After that, we position a stent in the ureter to alleviate inflammation and speed up healing. Nephrolithotomy Sometimes we take advantage of percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) to remove oversized renal stones. We make a small ope...
and composition of the stone. Cystoscopic stone removal, either by basket extraction or by laser fragmentation, is more invasive than ESWL but has a higher success rate, especially for ureteral stones, and is as good as ESWL for removing lower pole renal caliceal stones less than 1 cm in ...