Patient: ultrasound: left kidney collecting system separation 1.4CM, a strong echogenic mass 0.8*0.4*0.6 in the upper left ureter, posteriorly with acoustic shadow, about 5.3CM from the kidney door ultrasound suggests: left ureteral stone with left kidney effusion sound image, please tell me if my condition is serious? Is my condition serious? Is it treated by surgery or medication? Zhou Shaohu, Department of Male Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine: Hello! The treatment of urinary stones, I generally divided into three steps: 1, Chinese and Western medicine drug lithotripsy and lithotripsy; 2, extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy; 3, surgical lithotripsy to remove stones. The trilogy of treatment is preferred from the method with less damage. In your case, you can first consider Chinese and Western medicine drug lithotripsy and lithotripsy.