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Surgical Treatment, PreventionSurgery
Click to enlarge If a kidney stone does not move through the ureter within 30 days, surgery is considered. Urologists use several procedures to break up, remove, or bypass kidney stones Ureteroscopy Click to enlarge This procedure can be used to remove or break up (fragment) stones located in the lower third of the ureter. A fiberoptic instrument resembling a long, thin telescope (ureteroscope) is inserted through the urethra and passed through the bladder to the sto...Read the full article
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