Treatment of urinary stones without surgery

Ureteroscopy and percutaneous nephrolithotomy is a micro-innovative technique for the treatment of urinary stones, which has the advantages of less injury, faster recovery, fewer postoperative complications, and stronger stone crushing effect. Ureteroscopic lithotripsy: Using the natural lumen of human body, under anesthesia, the ureteroscope is inserted into the ureter through the urethra and find the stone, and then apply the pneumatic ballistic or holmium laser to break the stone. With this technique, there is no incision on the body of the patient, and it is suitable for the stones in the middle and lower parts of the ureter below the level of the iliac crest, as well as for some of the upper part of the ureter. Upper ureteral stones that are too close to the renal hilum have the possibility of being washed back into the kidney during the operation, and need to be treated with extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy or minimally invasive percutaneous nephrolithotripsy. Percutaneous nephrolithotripsy: This method of treating kidney stones only requires 1 or 2 incisions of less than 0cm in the patient’s lower back as a channel for lithotripsy to remove stones. Not only can the patient avoid the pain of surgery, but also can one-time lithotripsy and remove kidney stones and upper ureteral stones. Percutaneous nephrolithotomy combined with ultrasonic lithotripsy has become the “gold standard” for the treatment of kidney stones. It is suitable for single and multiple stones, staghorn stones; residual and recurrent stones after open surgery; symptomatic calyceal stones or diverticular stones; stones that cannot be pulverized by extracorporeal shock wave and those that fail to be treated. Upper ureteral stones above L4, with heavy obstruction or large stones >1.5cm in length. Upper ureteral stone polyp wrapped and ureter tortuous, extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy is ineffective or ureteroscopic surgery failed.