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.
