Details of Kidney Stones Removal Surgery

There are three types of surgery done to treat kidney stone issues:

Surgery to remove very large stones in the kidney: A procedure called percutaneous nephrolithotomy involves surgically removing a kidney stone using small telescopes and instruments inserted through a small incision in the back.

Using a scope: Smaller stones in the ureter or the kidney may be removed with small tools after a thin lighted tube quipped with a camera (urethroscope) is passed through the penis and bladder to locate the stone.

Parathyroid gland surgery: Some calcium phosphate stones are caused by overactive parathyroid glands, which are located on the four corners of your thyroid gland, just below your Adam's apple. When these glands produce too much parathyroid hormone (hyperparathyroidism), your calcium levels can become too high and kidney stones may form as a result.