Ureteroscopic Stone Removal

The Procedure

Normally, a full general anaesthetic will be used and you will be asleep throughout the procedure.

A telescope is inserted into the bladder through the urethra. Under X-ray screening, a flexible guidewire is inserted into the affected ureter up to the kidney. A longer telescope (either rigid or flexible) is then inserted into the ureter and passed up to the kidney. The stone is disintegrated using a mechanical probe, ultrasound or laser and the fragments extracted with special retrieval devices. A ureteric stent is normally left in place after the procedure.

Ureteroscopic Stone Removal
After the Procedure

You will usually be able to go home on the same day of the procedure once you are passing urine normally.

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