What's kidney stone treatment?
Methods to treat kidney stones:
Open surgery to treat kidney stones:
- The patient is under general anesthesia and one incision is made on his back and the stone is extracted through an incision in the kidney or ureter.
- Recovery usually takes several weeks.
Ureteroscopic kidney stone removal:
- Used to treat stones in the middle and lower ureter.
- Ureteroscopic is passed through the urethra and bladder into the ureter.
- If the stone is small it is removed and if it is large it is fragmented.
- For rapid healing and prevention of blockage from fragments, swelling or spasm we put a small tube or stent in the ureter for few days.
Percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCN):
- The patient is under local anesthesia and sedation.
- Removal of kidney stones through the skin by a needle and a guide wire.
- The stone is fragmented and removed.
- It is used for medium and large stones.
- The patient is usually hospitalized and recovery occurs within 2 weeks.