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Renal Stone, Kidney Stone
THE SIZES AND TYPES
OF THE PATIENT
The treatment for a kidney stone depends on the sizes of the
stone, what is it is made of, whether it is causing pain and whether if it is
blocking your urinary tract. To answer these questions and to figure out the
right procedures, treatment for the patient, the doctor might ask to the
patient to have urine test, blood test, X-Ray and / or CT Scan. A CT scan
sometimes uses contrast.
RESULTS OF THE
If the tests result show that the kidney stone is small, a
doctor may tell the patient to take pain killer and drink plenty of fluids to
help push the stone through your urinary tract. If the patient’s kidney stone
is large, or if it is blocking the urinary tract, additional treatment may be
necessary.
STONE TREATMENT
WITHOUT OPERATION
One treatment option is shock wave lithotripsy, this
treatment uses shock waves to break up the kidney stones into small pieces,
after the treatment the small pieces of the kidney stone will pass through the
patient’s urinary tract and out of the body with urine. The treatment usually
takes minutes to one hour and may be done under general anesthesia, which means
you will be asleep and unable to feel pain.
URETEROSTOMY
Another treatment option is ureterostomy; this treatment is
also done under general anesthesia. The doctor uses a long tool shaped like a
tube to fine and remove the stone or to find and break the stone into small pieces,
if the stone is small, the doctor may be able to remove it. If it is large, it
may need to be broken into pieces. In this case, a laser will be used to break
the stone into pieces that are small enough to pass through the urinary tract.
In rare cases a surgery called percutaneous nephrolithotomy
is needed to remove a kidney stone. During the surgery, a tube will be inserted
directly into your kidney to remove the stone. The patient will need to be in
the hospital for two to three days to have and recover from this treatment.
