How to break up a urinary stone

Urinary stones include kidney stones, ureteral stones, bladder stones, urethral stones, etc. According to the type of stone, extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy, ureteroscopic lithotripsy, transurethral lithotripsy, endoluminal lithotripsy and other ways of lithotripsy are needed. 1. Kidney stone: If the diameter of kidney stone is 5-20mm, extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy can be used to crush the stone; if the patient’s kidney stone is ≥20mm, percutaneous nephrolithotripsy can be chosen as the treatment. In addition, kidney stone diameter <20mm need to be treated by ureteroscopy lithotripsy lithotripsy. 2. Ureteral stones: if the patient’s ureteral stone diameter ≥ 6mm can take extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy, ureteroscopy lithotripsy lithotripsy and other ways of lithotripsy. 3. Bladder stones: If the patient has simple bladder stones, and the diameter of bladder stones <4cm can be treated by transurethral lithotripsy. In addition, for the bladder stone diameter is relatively small patients, you can choose shock wave lithotripsy treatment. 4. Urethral calculi: if the patient has anterior urethral calculi need to endoscopic lithotripsy and then remove the stone, if the patient has urethral bulb and posterior urethral calculi can be taken to intracavitary lithotripsy, riding across the semi-sitting position of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy and other lithotripsy. It is recommended that patients with urinary calculi need to consult a doctor in time, and the doctor will choose the appropriate measures for treatment after clarifying the type of urinary calculi.