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  2. 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.

  3. Kidney stone disease - Wikipedia

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    Percutaneous nephrolithotomy or, rarely, anatrophic nephrolithotomy, is the treatment of choice for large or complicated stones (such as calyceal staghorn calculi) or stones that cannot be extracted using less invasive procedures.

  4. 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.

  5. Nephrostomy - Wikipedia

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    A nephrostomy or percutaneous nephrostomy is an artificial opening created between the kidney and the skin which allows for the urinary diversion directly from the upper part of the urinary system (renal pelvis). [2] It is an interventional radiology/surgical procedure in which the renal pelvis is punctured whilst using imaging as guidance.

  6. Kidney dialysis - Wikipedia

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    Schematic of semipermeable membrane during hemodialysis, where blood is red, dialysing fluid is blue, and the membrane is yellow. Kidney dialysis (from Greek διάλυσις, dialysis, 'dissolution'; from διά, dia, 'through', and λύσις, lysis, 'loosening or splitting') is the process of removing excess water, solutes, and toxins from the blood in people whose kidneys can no longer ...

  7. Lithotripsy - Wikipedia

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    Lithotripsy replaced using lithotrites as the most common treatment beginning in the mid 1980s. In extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL), external shockwaves are focused at the stone to pulverize it. [6] Ureteroscopic methods use a rigid or flexible scope to reach the stone and direct mechanical or light energy at it. Endoscopy can use ...

  8. Nephrotomy - Wikipedia

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  9. 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.