bmcgonig
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I have a good friend that has a kidney stone that is a little greater than 2 cm. The stone is lodged inside the kidney at the entrance to the ureter.
His urologist has given him two options. One is a uteroscopy I.e., putting a probe up through the urinary tract and into the kidney and breaking up the stone. The other is something called a PCNL, I.e.the following.
https://www.uofmhealth.org/conditions-treatments/adult-urology/percutaneous-nephrolithotomy
The urologist said that if it were him he’d do the PCNL Better chance of getting the entire stone.
Anyway, does anyone have experience with this procedure?
His urologist has given him two options. One is a uteroscopy I.e., putting a probe up through the urinary tract and into the kidney and breaking up the stone. The other is something called a PCNL, I.e.the following.
https://www.uofmhealth.org/conditions-treatments/adult-urology/percutaneous-nephrolithotomy
The urologist said that if it were him he’d do the PCNL Better chance of getting the entire stone.
Anyway, does anyone have experience with this procedure?