I remember a few years ago when I first started working, the most common surgery I did every day was lithotomy, bladder lithotomy, ureteral lithotomy, renal pelvis, renal parenchyma or pelvic parenchyma lithotomy, etc. The surgery was very traumatic, risky, bleeding, and prone to complications, and sometimes the stones were displaced and not easily removed. Sometimes it feels cruel, sometimes a small stone requires an incision of more than 10 centimeters or even 20 centimeters, and many muscles have to be cut, which is very traumatic. Yang Qingtao, Department of Urology, Second Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College
Now, you can see that most of the urinary stones are treated with minimally invasive techniques, and there is almost no need for open incisions anymore, and most of the stones can be treated through the natural cavity. Urethra, bladder, ureter, and even the more complicated kidney stones can now be treated with percutaneous nephrological techniques, and usually only a small hole as thick as a pencil is needed to treat the more complicated kidney stones. This is also thanks to the progress of medical technology and the hard work of the medical workers.