Minimally invasive surgery for kidney stones

  At present, people are most concerned about the advantages of minimally invasive surgery. Compare the advantages of minimally invasive surgery with those of open surgery: Minimally invasive surgery features: 1, small trauma: no incision can be seen on the patient or only an incision less than 1cm long, while open surgery will leave a wound of 15-20cm; 2, fast recovery, minimally invasive surgery can be out of bed on the same day or the second day, unlike open surgery, which requires bed rest after surgery 3-5 days or longer to move around. Minimally invasive surgery often does not require blood transfusion because of the small damage and low bleeding. Drinking more water is a simple way to prevent urinary tract stones.  Indications for minimally invasive percutaneous nephrolithotomy: 1, all stones requiring open surgical intervention, including single and multiple stones, deerstalker stones; 2, residual and recurrent stones after open surgery; 3, symptomatic stones in small calyces or intraperitoneal stones; 4, stones that cannot be crushed by extracorporeal shock wave and failed to be treated; 5, large stones with heavy upper ureteral obstruction or diameter >1.5 cm; 6, large stones with diameter >1.5 cm. 6.Ureteral polyp encapsulation and ureteral tortuosity, invalid extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy or failed ureteroscopy; 7.Kidney stones in special patients: including: kidney stones in pediatric and obese patients; kidney stones combined with stenosis; isolated kidney combined with stone obstruction; horseshoe kidney combined with stone obstruction; kidney transplant combined with stone obstruction; non-atrophic kidney, non-hydronephrosis kidney, infected stones.