Kidney Stone Removal With Stent Placement. Stent comes with a natural curl at two different ends to keep it in the proper place while the curl develops after the removal of respective guide wire. A kidney stent may be temporarily used for kidney stones or.
A nephroscope is used to remove stones directly from the kidney. Stent comes with a natural curl at two different ends to keep it in the proper place while the curl develops after the removal of respective guide wire. Remove the nearby guide wire once the stent goes in its correct position.
A kidney stone stent is a flexible plastic tube inserted between a kidney and the bladder to facilitate the passage of a kidney stone.
Parathyroid surgery is performed with a radio guided probe to remove a benign tumor on a parathyroid gland. For removal of the stent some patients only require local anesthesia while others will require going under general anesthesia again. Usually a stent will have to stay in your kidney for a few days to help urine drain. At the end of the procedure a drainage catheter called a nephrostomy may be placed.