The choice of surgery for the removal of stone in kidney depends on size of the stone and its location. Generally, the small stones are removed, by taking a lot of liquid and some medicines. The laser surgery is done to break the stone into smaller parts for easy removal through the urine. This shock wave therapy involves the use of waves that are generated outside of the body. They travel through the body to hit the bit larger stones and break them into the smaller parts. The urologist uses X-rays or ultrasound for locating stone and pinpointing the waves towards there. The shock wave surgery is provided on outpatient bases and patients can resume the work after few days. The recovery time is very fast in this surgery.
If the location of the stone is such that shock wave will not effectively break the stone into the smaller parts and size of the stone is big, then another surgery is suggested by urologist. This surgery is called percutaneous nephrolithotomy. In this surgery, the surgeon makes incision in the back to create channel to the stone. For larger stones, ultrasound is used to break them into smaller parts before removing them.
Ureteroscopic is used to treat the Kidney stone for lower and the mid ureter stones. The incision is not done in this surgery. The urologist passes ureteroscopic into ureter through bladder and urethra. The stone is then removed with a cage like devices.
An urologist also performs surgeries for removing or cutting the enlarged prostate. The surgeries are recommended if the use of medicines has not been effective in curbing prostate tissue. The open surgery is done to remove enlarged portion of prostate when bladder has been damaged and needs repair. The surgeon makes a incision and removes the stone. Laser surgery is used to shrink enlarged tissue of the prostate or destroy enlarged part of the prostate. The surgeon decided the selection of surgery after examining conditions of the prostate and its size. The smaller prostate Urologist for Laser Prostate Surgery enlargement can be cut into the smaller parts to ease pressure on the urethra for urinations. The selection of final surgery for the stone removal and prostate will also depend on facilities available in the hospital.