A one centimeter kidney stone is considered a medium-sized stone, and the need for surgery is determined by the patient’s own specific condition. If there is repeated stone activity and pain, it is recommended that you can go to the hospital for surgical treatment. Kidney stones are stones located inside the kidneys, which may grow slowly and cause kidney distension and pain, hydronephrosis, etc. It is recommended that you can first choose to do extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy, which is a procedure that breaks large stones into fine powder form and slowly discharges them out of the body through urine. If the effect of doing extracorporeal lithotripsy is poor, it is recommended to consider surgical treatment, such as ureteroscopy for stone extraction and lithotripsy, or percutaneous nephrolithotomy for stone extraction and lithotripsy treatment. In addition, if a centimeter kidney stone grows slowly, and the patient himself is not willing to undergo surgery, you can regularly observe and review, generally every three months to review the urological ultrasound clear, if the stone has signs of growth, it is recommended to timely surgery, no growth can be regularly reviewed and observed.