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  2. Nephrectomy - Wikipedia

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    Laparoscopic nephrectomy. The surgery is performed with the patient under general anesthesia. A kidney can be removed through an open incision or by laparoscopic surgery. For the open procedure, the surgeon makes an incision in the side of the abdomen to reach the kidney. Depending on circumstances, the incision can also be made midline.

  3. Lithotomy - Wikipedia

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    Lithotomy from Greek for "lithos" and "tomos" (), is a surgical method for removal of calculi, stones formed inside certain organs, such as the urinary tract (kidney stones), bladder (bladder stones), and gallbladder (), that cannot exit naturally through the urinary system or biliary tract.

  4. Percutaneous nephrolithotomy - Wikipedia

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    Percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) is a minimally-invasive procedure to remove stones from the kidney by a small puncture wound (up to about 1 cm) through the skin. It is most suitable to remove stones of more than 2 cm in size and which are present near the pelvic region. It is usually done under general anesthesia or spinal anesthesia.

  5. Laser lithotripsy - Wikipedia

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    The experimental thulium fiber laser (TFL) is being studied as a potential alternative to the holmium:YAG (Ho:YAG) laser for the treatment of kidney stones. The TFL has several potential advantages compared to Ho:YAG laser for lithotripsy, including a four times lower ablation threshold, a near single-mode beam profile, and higher pulse rates ...

  6. Kidney stone disease - Wikipedia

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    When going in with a scope through the kidney, a regular and a mini-sized scope likely have similar success rates of stone removal. Alpha-blockers, a type of medication, may increase the successful removal of kidney stones when compared with a placebo and without ibuprofen. [131]

  7. Mom, 41, has legs amputated after kidney stone turns almost ...

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    In October, Mullins had the procedure done on her left kidney, which contained more stones. Everything went fine. Surgery on the right kidney took place on Dec. 1. This time, doctors told her they ...