How to break up ureteral stones

Ureteral stone can choose extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy or minimally invasive surgical lithotripsy 2 methods, need to be based on the size of the stone, the location and the stone stay time and so on to decide comprehensively.1, in principle, ureteral stone is less than 1cm can be carried out extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy. After the extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy treatment, the size of the stone is reduced, and then assisted by drinking more water, urinate more, through the urine flushing, carrying and its certain gravity lithotripsy, the vast majority of the stone can be discharged into the bladder through the ureter, and discharged from the body. 2, if the ureteral stone is larger than 1cm or accompanied by obvious pain symptoms, accompanied by severe hydronephrosis or renal function abnormality, then you need to carry out minimally invasive surgery to remove the stone. If the stone is larger than 1cm or accompanied by obvious pain symptoms with severe hydronephrosis or abnormal kidney function, then minimally invasive surgery is needed to remove the stone and avoid further damage to the kidney. Minimally invasive surgery can also be applied to patients who have been treated with extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ECT) for more than 4 consecutive times without any change in the stone.