How long to leave a kidney stone drain in place is a decision that needs to be made based on the surgical procedure for the kidney stone. Different surgical programs, the retention time is not quite the same, the general retention time is in about 3-7 days.
1. Transurethral ureteral lithotripsy: Choose this type of surgery, after the operation will leave a catheter to facilitate the doctor through the catheter to the patient’s urine, urine volume observation. If there is no abnormality, the catheter can be removed about one week after the operation.
2. Percutaneous nephrolithotomy: This type of surgery requires the placement of a nephrostomy tube after surgery. If there is no obvious infection after the surgery and the urine color is normal, the catheter can be removed 3 days after the surgery.
The specific extraction time also needs to be determined by a professional urologist according to the condition, do not decide to pull out the time on your own.